How many amps does an american SNES use?

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How many amps does an american SNES use?

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i have an american version super nintendo, and i was wondering how many amps it uses so i know what kind of batteries i could use. I was just wondering because i have a 7.2V 2100 mAH battery, but i says not to draw under 30 amps, which i'm not too worried about because i have to run the LCD too, better safe than sorry, because i don't want to ruin my dad's RC car battery. :D Thanks
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OK i found out, it takes 42.5 amps. thanx for the help guyz... if there was any :roll:
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ABCinc wrote:OK i found out, it takes 42.5 amps. thanx for the help guyz... if there was any :roll:
I'm pretty sure that is wrong, It's more like 1A.
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ABCinc wrote:OK i found out, it takes 42.5 amps. thanx for the help guyz... if there was any :roll:
Hmm, waited one hour and thirteen minutes before posting again. A little bit impatient, are we?

42.5A is way off - it's definitely under 1A. The SNES mini is something like 500mA, so I'm guessing the original design SNES is a bit more than that.
ABCinc wrote:I was just wondering because i have a 7.2V 2100 mAH battery, but i says not to draw under 30 amps
Are you sure you're reading that right?
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ABCinc wrote:OK i found out, it takes 42.5 amps. thanx for the help guyz... if there was any :roll:
And then you blew yourself out the third story window tapping a downtap from the power lines to get that much, 1i will kill you 42i would melt 7 foot thick steal :shock:
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ABCinc wrote:OK i found out, it takes 42.5 amps. thanx for the help guyz... if there was any :roll:
I did not realize that it took a small nuclear reactor to power a SNES phat :shock:
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i was told watts*volts=amps, and it takes 8.5 watts and an intake of 5 volts, and that makes 42.5 right?
well i guess i was told wrong... Wait, it says it shall not be discharged over 30 Amps, so it needs to be discharged under 30 amps, not over, i guess i was high on desoldering fumes, :lol: sorry about that...
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Ampere x Voltage = Wattage.
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At first I thought he may have meant Watts. But that's still DAMN high. Where'd you get this information?
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ABCinc wrote:i was told watts*volts=amps, and it takes 8.5 watts and an intake of 5 volts, and that makes 42.5 right?
well i guess i was told wrong.
amps*volts=watts
amps*5v=8.5w
amps=8.5w/5v
amps=1.7A

It's less than that in actuality though. Power bricks are always designed to be able to provide more power than necessary.
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ohh, i see what i did wrong, i WAS high on soldering fumes...
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