Some hack'n'fix projects don't work out. An intern accidentally dropped one of our camera lenses and I tried to fix it - and discovered bent metal and insanely complex internals make it pretty hard to do!
Every power adapter is rated in volts and amps but that doesn't really convey how much electricity it really uses. Is that monitor really 1.5A? Is it a terrible power suck to leave your phone charger in all of the time?
