Could all Wii owners help me out please

[Ganbare_Goemon]

TWRoO said:

scottie said:
Thanks for all your responses,

and yes TwRoO, it is entirely possible that Nintendo haven't updated their internals much. We certainly haven't seen anyone with model number RVL-002(Country), and that they wont until supply drops below demand. But if that is what we find out from this at least we are more certain they haven't updated them :) I certainly haven't noticed any differences besides the one mentioned, and that seems to be a region difference rather than a time difference.

The problem is most of us bought Wiis early on. Has anyone bought a Wii in the past 6-9 months? I would appreciate responses from you if you have.

You are right in remembering V=IR, and that P=VI.
Often the first equation is substituted into the second, to give
P = I^2*R


So the equation makes sense for my Americas/Australia Wiis
Power Rating on the Wii = 12V 45W
Output 12V 3.7A
12*37 = 44.4

However it doesn't seem to make sense for Euro Wiis

Lol... that's the patent code not the hardware revsion number.

RVL-002 is the code for the Wii power supply, RVL-003 is the Wii remote, 004 is the nunchuck etc, etc.

each cord, perephrial and even the plastic stands have a seperate code depending on which was patented first.... the latex sleeves they brought out for the Wii remotes for instance are RVL-022

As for the equations... I did remember it wrongly, I said V=IP... but it's VI=P instead. And I was initially thinking it was different perhaps because of the different voltages of AC power (120V in US, 230/40 over here) but nothing works out right.


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Wait.... I have a feeling people in this thread may have been missing bits of info from their Wiis

Here is what is on the bottom of mine: (the = sign is a replacement for the sign shown, which is like = except the bottom line is in 2 parts... I can't recall what the sign represents in words)

Rating: 12V = 3.0A  36W
Only to use with power supply (RVL-002).
Power supply output: 12V = 3.7A

and on the bottom of my power brick:

PRI: 230V~50Hz  52W
SEC: 12V = 3.7A

Although this still doesn't explain why the EUR power brick 'pumps in' a higher wattage than the Wii uses... wheras the US one apparently pumps in just the right amount

But if I can remember, the Gamecube had different models. I think there was, for example DOL-001, DOL-101 etc. But the difference was probably the digital out (so I think it may have a new patent).