Product Overview
Icom BC-123A Class 2 Wall Transformer for the BC-119 Desktop Charger
Condition
Used, in good condition, with output tested and no problems found. This listing sells one adapter from a stock of five, and the unit in the photos is representative of that stock rather than the specific piece reserved for you. On the photographed adapter the black case is clean with a little dust caught in the texture, the printed label is crisp and fully legible top to bottom, the plug blades are bright with a few small surface marks, and the DC cord is coiled and tied off. Nothing on the housing is cracked, swollen, or deformed in these photos, and the strain relief at the barrel plug looks intact.
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Product Overview
The BC-123A is Icom's wall-plug power supply for the BC-119 desktop charger used with Icom handheld radios. Its label identifies it as a CLASS 2 TRANSFORMER carrying model number 481210003C0, marked Icom Inc. and made in China, rated for an input of 120VAC 60Hz at 18W and an output of 12VDC at 1000mA. The polarity diagram printed beside those ratings is legible in the photos and reads outer sleeve negative, center pin positive. This is a transformer-based supply rather than a switching design, and it is built for North American mains only: the two blades are molded into the housing with no detachable line cord, and the top face carries a molded caution, in English and French, that the unit is for indoor use only. Agency markings read UL Listed 12J2 under file E82456 and CSA Certified LR94892, with LEI-4 EL stamped alongside them. The output cord ends in a coaxial barrel plug; the barrel dimensions and the cord length are not confirmed here, so verify against the datasheet or measure against your equipment before use.
Key Features
- Icom BC-123A, labeled Icom Inc., made in China
- Label model number 481210003C0, marked CLASS 2 TRANSFORMER
- Input 120VAC 60Hz, 18W
- Output 12VDC 1000mA
- Polarity per the label diagram: outer sleeve negative, center pin positive
- Integral two-blade North American plug, no separate line cord
- Coaxial barrel plug on the DC output cord; barrel size not confirmed - verify against the datasheet before use
- UL Listed 12J2, file E82456; CSA Certified LR94892; also marked LEI-4 EL
- Molded caution on the housing: indoor use only
- Cord length not confirmed from the photos
Applications
- A two-way radio shop putting a BC-119 desktop charger back in service after the original adapter walked off with somebody's truck kit
- A fleet or public-safety radio room that keeps spare 12V supplies on the shelf so a charger bay never sits idle waiting on parts
- An amateur operator rebuilding a complete Icom handheld kit and wanting the matching Icom supply instead of a generic brick
- A bench technician who needs a labeled 12V supply rated to one amp and can confirm the barrel fit and center-positive polarity for the load
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the label markings actually confirm?
Everything quoted above comes off the printed label in the photos: Icom BC-123A, Icom Inc., made in China, CLASS 2 TRANSFORMER, model 481210003C0, input 120VAC 60Hz 18W, output 12VDC 1000mA, UL Listed 12J2 file E82456, CSA Certified LR94892, and LEI-4 EL. Anything not on that label, we have flagged as not confirmed.
What polarity is the barrel plug?
The diagram on the label shows the outer sleeve negative and the center pin positive, and it is legible in the photos. The physical barrel dimensions are not marked anywhere we can see, so measure the plug or check the BC-119 documentation before adapting it to other equipment.
Will it run on 230V mains overseas?
No. The label rates it for 120VAC 60Hz only, and the plug blades are molded into the case, so there is no cord swap or voltage selector. It is a North American, indoor-use supply.
It is used - what am I actually taking on?
You are taking on a used adapter, and the photos are the spec for what a unit from this stock looks like. Output was tested and no problems were found; beyond that output check, no further testing is claimed, and we have not run a full charge cycle on a BC-119 with radios in it. If that is the trade you want to make, you also get an identified, photographed, agency-marked Icom part instead of an unlabeled generic wall wart of unknown rating. Shipping is a flat $8, free once your order passes $28, and orders leave our Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
Iron and copper doing a job that switching supplies took over years ago, still stamped Class 2 and still rated for exactly one amp at twelve volts. Hand it to a BC-119 and the charger has a power source again.
