RESURRECTION

So, you remember that Emily sort of ... quit working on Sunday. Power cord issues.

On Monday, I tried to rectify the problem. It seems that the cord from the adapter to Ms. Emily was torn so badly that it couldn't be spliced back together. On a shelf at work is an adapter that I saved from when our old computer died, since several of my friends told me, "Don't throw useful things like that away, they might come in handy."

This seemed to be one of those times.

So I got all the numbers off of the old/new adapter:

Input - 12V, 60hZ, 25W
Output - 12V, 1000mA

Numbers from the old, broken adapter:

Input - 12V, 60hZ, 30W
Output - 12V, 1000mA

Great!!! A 5W difference on the input, with identical outputs. No problem. So I plugged it in.

Hit the power button.

Nothing happened.

So I grabbed the remote control and hit "Power." Something happened then, because I apparently forgot to check the flow chart.

Original adapter: + --------[ ------> -
New adapter: - -------[ -------> +

POP!!!

I would say the smell of incense appeared, but it was just the acidic smell of burnt electrical couplings with a generous amount of smoke emanating from the speakers.

"I KILLED HER!!!"

So I didn't sleep well last night. A new Emily costs about $1500. And today I was pretty much in a funk.

But my dear friend Jane convinced me to take Emily to Radio Shack. So I did. And, to make this long story short, we plugged in the brand new, out of the box adapter and Emily powered right up without missing a beat. Even remembered Sunday's hymns!

Thank you Jesus!