Snes power adapter gone bad.

I need to know which is the best 3rd party power adapter for the snes? I got one of those 3 in 1 but is garbage it works but gives me sound noise on all the consoles. I'm going to buy an original one but want 2 more of those 3rd party just in case.

 

At this point it'd probably be worth swapping power jacks and using a better power supply with a barrel connector. Half tempted to do it to all my SNES consoles that pass through my hands.

Anyone know if there is a reason one shouldn't use a switching power supply on a SNES or Genesis for that matter?

 

No reason unless it is an "ebay special". Seen some absolute horrors that would introduce a rolling (thin) rice fight onto the screen and a nice audible noise.

I use some good ones that i get locally since they are also guaranteed to have the insulation on the mains pins (china and australia have the same shaped mains pins but without the insulation).

Atari 2600's are very fussy on crappy power supplies.

 

Uhh... a switching PSU will be DC. Does the US SNES require AC or DC? Can't remember. A linear PSU will have less noise and a better transient response... plus it the old days, they'd be more reliable. In theory, probably nothing critical... as long as it doesn't introduce noise to the AV signals.

 

US SNES requires DC.

 

Trying to use US SNES with PAL PSU is very bad idea, but PAL SNES won't die from DC voltage, you can use SFC, US SNES or Genesis/Megadrive PSUs w/o any problems because diode bridge will just output your DC voltage with proper polarity. In fact it's best not to go cheap and add a diode bridge to any DC-powered device, so you won't have to care about polarity at all.

 

You wouldn't do any damage trying to use a US SNES with a PAL PSU - the connector is completely different and wouldn't fit!

 

Well, never count out one thing - as my friend say "Some people are stupid enough to try some smart things without thinking first". Like cutting the connector and soldering another one before reading that PAL PSU is just a transformer.