Desert Fox gold wheel, Power adapter questions. Options

[Miles H]

Hey guys im not the best with electronics to be sure not to make something my self. I made a little short wave radio when I was younger so I understand a little and know how to solder things together. I want to hook my Desert fox up at my house to just plug into the wall. Them make a 40$ adapter which i think is to expensive. If any of you can look at this and give me a cheap easy solution to build or use something else with out blowing the thing up. here is the expensive adapter they sell http://www.blackcatmining.com/mining-equip...wer-adapter.cfm And I can not find another one like it besides maybe a lap top charger if thats all I need to use I would like to know what to look for if all I need to worry about is the 3.33 amps or some type of conversion please help. Thank You guys and thank you Bill for the Desert Fox.

[ScottKS]

Yeah looking at how low the amps coming out of the charger were I know it could work but its definitely not what the machine is trying to pull so it will run possibly slower most likely at the pump making the thing very hard to balance out as hard as it already is to tune one to work perfect. Anyways I ended up getting a battery and a charger to charge the battery as I use it just to make sure Im always getting the power its asking for. After using the thing and playing with the speed control I realized how sensitive it is and that there is no way around running the thing short of power. I couldnt even tell if the speed control was up or down changing it because the speed is barley noticeable, I had to draw a mark on it and time its rotation it ended up being 1.3 second difference for a rotation or something like that. The thing is going to be fun to play with and any body that would like to try it out with there concentrates write me a message. I have no problem with letting someone use it, it's good practice for me anyways. At the moment I dont have cons to practice with so I would love to get it down perfect for when I can start using it efficiently

Here is my Desert Fox i got back in 05 (06-21-05 to be exact....lol) and i added a 12V-5A Output plugin AC Adaptor but i too have the same problem you are haveing (have since i got the machine) From quote above:"I couldnt even tell if the speed control was up or down changing it because the speed is barley noticeable"...why pay $20 more for a speed control if it doesn't do just that...lol..well anyways i don't use this hardly at all...have only used it like acouple of times because it's such a pain to setup and cleanup...i only have like a pan of cons every outting and i do cleanup the day after so i just pan them instead (it's faster that way) but i will always keep it because i have always liked the way they run (have ever since i got it and saw one at the Denver gold show back in 2002) so i will keep it and use it for like backpack in hard to reach areas and also for what it's named for "The Desert" for sampleing lol.


P.S. Here is a flyer i got with the machine and just found...only 10% reduction huh......well maybe that's why we can't seem to tell the difference...idk but it's not worth the extra $20.....oh well. The plugin one they sell is only 3amp vs. mine is 5...not a big difference but it doesn't blow it up.