{"id":8431,"date":"2020-08-22T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=8431"},"modified":"2020-10-27T12:53:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:53:56","slug":"can-i-use-an-ac-adapter-from-a-labquest-2-with-my-labquest-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/8431","title":{"rendered":"Can I use an AC adapter from an older LabQuest with my LabQuest 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer is no.<\/p>\n<p>While power adapters that came with older LabQuest units can power LabQuest 3, they cannot provide enough current to also charge the battery.  You should only use a power supply designed for LabQuest 3: <a href=\"\/product\/labquest-power-supply\/\">LabQuest<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Power Supply<\/a> (<nobr>LQ3-PS<\/nobr>).<\/p>\n<p>You can use a LabQuest International Power Supply (LQ-PS-INTL, <em>discontinued<\/em>) with LabQuest 3. This adapter can supply more current than the US version.<\/p>\n<p>One way to check to see if the power adapter will work with a LabQuest 3 is to look at the adapter&#8217;s output printed on the label. The current output needs to be 2500 mA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/IMG_0595.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/IMG_0595.jpg 904w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/IMG_0595-600x499.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/IMG_0595-768x639.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><figcaption>2500 mA output works with LabQuest 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/IMG_0596.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/IMG_0596.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/IMG_0596-600x501.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><figcaption>1500 mA output DOES NOT work with LabQuest 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer is no. While power adapters that came with older LabQuest units can power LabQuest 3, they cannot provide enough current to also&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1698,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}