[Power] best new chargers for XO laptops? $16 on ebay?

[Adam Holt]

Small/mid-sized deployments are asking me where to buy hundreds of chargers
for XO-1s, and sometimes for XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 too.  Does anyone have
recommendations for 3rd party(*) chargers that last?  While Nancie & I
found great $5 chargers at a camera store in downtown Phnom Penh, Cambodia
just over a month ago (they seem very solid, they work) what so many of
these deployments Really Want is an Amazon-style URL, where they can
directly order 10-100 chargers, that will work reliably for years.  Does
the following have hope even if pricey, or do folks know better
alternatives?

   "AC Adapter Car Charger For OLPC One Laptop Per Child Model XO-1
Computer Tested"
   http://ebay.com/itm/350839527945   $16 + $4 shipping out of NY

(*) or original OLPC chargers if inventory or surplus is available?  The
capital is certainly available to make a $10,000 order or similar.  But
sadly attempts to help iLoveMyXO.com with John Watlington over the past
year indicates that OLPC's supply chain for parts may have largely dried
up?  Certainly any viable US-socket chargers and EU-socket chargers meeting
the following specs would be valuable to Many Kids!

   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_and_power#Electrical_Specs

...if necessary (hopefully not!) combined with the following very cheap
plug adapters, to get the tip-size correct:


http://xoshare.org/ilovemyxo/I%20Love%20My%20XO%20Product%20Catalog/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=17

*Thanks for concrete recommendations..all successful tips Rewarded With
Chocolate =)*

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