[Cialug] OT: Looking for AC-to-USB wall wart adaptor

[Nathan C. Smith]

You might try one of the wireless stores, like spring valley wireless.  But
I wouldn't try calling them because you will probably run into the same
issue as with CompUSA.  Sometimes I wish we had a wide selection of cheap
Korean electronics nearby.  

-Nate 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Stien [mailto:nathanism at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:08 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] OT: Looking for AC-to-USB wall wart adaptor
> 
> Howdy luggers,
> 
> I suddenly have a need for a wall wart USB charger.  
> Something like this:
> http://www.semsons.com/acwalplugto5.html
> 
> I was wondering if anyone had a good idea for where to look for one in
> town.  I don't want to wait on shipping from the internets, because I
> would like to let my girlfriend take my iPod to a conference in DC
> this weekend.  She won't have a laptop or any other convenient source
> of USB-flavored +5v.
> 
> I called WDM Best Buy and they said $25-$30 for one, whereas the
> internets say more like $7-$10.  Clive CompUSA had no clue what I was
> talking about, no matter how slowly and carefully I explained it.
> 
> Anyone have any other suggestions for who to call?
> 
> (I guess I could ghetto-rig an existing +5V wall wart to a USB socket,
> but I'd rather not mess with it.)
> 
> -- 
> Nathan P. Stien
> Consulting Engineer / Software Developer
> Embedded Systems Electronics and Software
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