[Sickie Ickie]

As most of you know, I'm ignorant when it comes to electronics.

If somethings uses a 12 VAC or 12 VDC adaptor, can I just cut the wires on the motor that lead to that circle plug thang and hook up a pocket type rectangular 12 v battery instead?

 

[krypt]

As most of you know, I'm ignorant when it comes to electronics.

If somethings uses a 12 VAC or 12 VDC adaptor, can I just cut the wires on the motor that lead to that circle plug thang and hook up a pocket type rectangular 12 v battery instead?

what!? you cant hook up ac to dc without a adapter ....can hook up at 12vdc to a battery though .......but not a 12vac motor to battery......i belive thats right correct me if im wrong

 

[BuriedAlive]

If the motor is 12VDC, than, yes, you could wire it to a 12V battery. If it is AC, then the answer is no.

 

[Sickie Ickie]

Ah. I see...

I have a motor I want to use from a table top fiber optic tree. The challenge is it is 12 vac and I want to run it from a pocket type rectangular 12 vdc battery. what can I do, or is it a lost cause?

 

[Sickie Ickie]

Is there some type of in between I can use to change ac to dc?

 

[krypt]

a adapter like you use for nintendo answer machines phones etc 110vac to 12v dc

 

[Sickie Ickie]

I wasn't as clear as I should have been I guess. Is there something to change the 12 vac to 12 vdc so I can use batteries?..or did you answer that and I didn't get it?

 

[krypt]

I wasn't as clear as I should have been I guess. Is there something to change the 12 vac to 12 vdc so I can use batteries?..or did you answer that and I didn't get it?

to change 12vac to run off 12 vdc i never heard of anything like that ....maybe somone else can shed some more light on this ...sorry i couldnt help but i have seen a wallwart or what ever you wanna call em adpater etc with 9 volt pulg in......only thing even crosses my mind is a power invertor dc to ac for 12 volt systems on cars

 

[Sickie Ickie]

Thanks anyway Kryptonoff. I appreciate you trying.

 

[Dr Morbius]

Those tabletop fibreoptic trees do use a 12 ac to dc adapter. The motor runs off of 12 volts DC..so, yes, you could use a 12 DC batterey, provided it has enough current (AMPS) to run it. The listing of the Output DC and current should be labled on the adapter the tree usually uses. Just make sure your battery is capable of reproducing that current.

 

[krypt]

i edited post you might not of seen but a power invertor is only thing i can thing of

 

[Dr Morbius]

OH, you do have an AC motor in there
(fiber optic tree)..I just remembered, I have the same thing! LOL! There are no AC batteries....so the answer is no. Sorry bout that!

 

[Sickie Ickie]

Heyya Doc. I'm thinking there's more than one type of tree motor?

On the back of the pot where the adapter plugs in it has written 12 VAC .

The motor itself that I pulled has written on it this:

Synchronous Motor
42TYZ-12
12V-50/60Hz 1.5-2W 5-6r/min

Knowing nothing about this stuff, I'm assuming that means 5-6 revelutions per min.

Does the 12V mean VDC and it only used the VAC to run the halogen light that was also in there?

 

[krypt]

Heyya Doc. I'm thinking there's more than one type of tree motor?

On the back of the pot where the adapter plugs in it has written 12 VAC .

The motor itself that I pulled has written on it this:

Synchronous Motor
42TYZ-12
12V-50/60Hz 1.5-2W 5-6r/min

Knowing nothing about this stuff, I'm assuming that means 5-6 revelutions per min.

Does the 12V mean VDC and it only used the VAC to run the halogen light that was also in there?

on back of pot says 12vac then its ac motor how many power sources does this tree have and what are they

 

[Sickie Ickie]

Ah...I understand.

 

[Sickie Ickie]

I just hate the idea of running electrical cords all over the ground. :-/

 

[krypt]

ooops i edited again does it take batteries and have a plug in ?

 

[Sickie Ickie]

No place for batteries. If it did I'd automatically think that I'd be okay with using them

 

[krypt]

i was curious if it was batteries for light and ac for motor ....i dunno this tree so i was just asking

 

[Ugly Joe]

I'm pretty sure your motor is AC...if I'm remembering hertz correctly (fat chance)...

The 50/60Hz means it wants the electricity to cycle 50/60 times a second, so that's an AC motor.


Unless I'm entirely wrong...if I am, someone please step up a give me a dope slap?