Whistler 1040 AC Adapter/Radio

[mike6454]

Lost power fast 4 times
Whistler 1040 was plugged into AC Adapter
Radio dead
Try everything with adapter
Works on yellow battery tray charged AA batteries only
try black battery holder regular batteries nope dead
only yellow holder charged batteries
Anyone know if trouble with ac adapter or inside the radio?

 

[tvengr]

Try a different set of batteries in the black holder. Batteries may be dead. You can try the rechargeable batteries in the black holder.

 

[Ronaldski]

If it was me, I would use my volt meter to see if any voltage is being output by the adapter.
Try another outlet on a different circuit as it maybe the problem or if the plug has in the circuit a GFI that tripped - might be with power failures?
Other would be its fairly common wires become frayed especially just below where it enters the ac adapter.

Losing power can have detrimental effects at times to electronics.

They are pretty inexpensive on ebay ws1040 dc adapter | eBay

These also I can personally attest work too pqlv203 | eBay

 

[mike6454]

Lost power fast 4 times
Whistler 1040 was plugged into AC Adapter
Radio dead
Try everything with adapter
Works on yellow battery tray charged AA batteries only
try black battery holder regular batteries nope dead
only yellow holder charged batteries
Anyone know if trouble with ac adapter or inside the radio?

Forgot to mention the radio was plugged into a surge strip at the time the strip lost power 4 times as did the radio