I have a laptop that is 110v-240v with 6.32a. I am going out of the country and can only find adapters that say 100v-250v with a 2.5a max. What impact will this have on running my computer? Or is there an adapter that matches the amps I have?
答案1
Your existing 110-240V power supply is designed to work in any country except Japan. Though it probably will also work in Japan as well, though it may not work at all. If it doesn't work at all it won't damage anything.
Power supplies have input and output voltages, and input and output amps maximums. 100-240V is the range of allowable input voltages. The rating of 2.5A and 6.32A is the output amps maximum allowed.
The power supply needs to be able to provide an output amps at least the output amps of the old one. 2.5A power supply is not enough to work like your old one. If the power supply is not rated for enough amps it will overheat and burn out components or it will trip the overload protection if it has one to protect itself.
When going to a country/region with a different supply voltage only the input voltage and frequency needs to be in range. 100-240V power supplies are designed to be used in any country. Japan is the only country that uses less than 110V.
There are some laptops that are able to detect what amount of power the power supply can provide and adjust its usage accordingly, by not charging the battery so fast, and not allowing the cpu to run as fast as it can.
答案2
Amps is short for Ampere, which measures - in laymans terms - the amount of current or power that flows.
If you have a connection with not enough power, it will just not work or start to overheat and burn - both not recommendable.