Any help greatly appreciated. 500mA needed
I want to run Camera's off these. Even better would be a single PSU that could run upto 4 cameras @ 500mA each
Thanks in advance
Any help greatly appreciated. 500mA needed
I want to run Camera's off these. Even better would be a single PSU that could run upto 4 cameras @ 500mA each
Thanks in advance
Most of these things seem to be limited to 15W, but you could get a couple of 1A ones, or four 500mA ones (this may be easier as otherwise you'd need to split outputs). Have a look at:
Use the key word "switching" - you will get a range including this 6.5A one:
Thanks guys
Does the fact its a 'switching' psu mean it will be regulated?
:-)
"switching" means it uses a technology called "switched mode" - basically a way of extracting high current outputs from much smaller and lighter transformers than you would otherwise expect.
As far as I am aware all switching supplies have regulated outputs. The CPC part number PW00757 I linked to above achieves a regulation accuracy of 1% according to its spec.
A 2 amp PSU would be too big for a wall wart, so would be free standing.
This one looks good value at about 20 quid.
Pedro Popadopolous was thinking very hard :
As other have suggested, except....
A switch mode PSU will be tightly regulated, but might generate a small amount of electrical noise (interference), especially if the supply cables are run some distance to the cameras. You should also be aware that if you are running the cameras all from one supply, that voltage drop along the cable might be a problem.
Might be worth providing separate smoothing/decoupling for each one anyway.
Abso-piggin-lutely, if availability matters to any significant degree. One supply teed out to all 6? cameras means a fault in any one camera which causes the power to shut down (in a controlled or uncontrolled way!) makes all the cameras go dark.
Economics of mass manufacture mean the cheapest way is to buy separate wall warts and plug them into a single 4-way, 6-way, or whatever mains block. Any fancier approach, with a central transformer and multiple downstream regulators, will be either a custom build (easy for an electronics trade course student to design and knock up) or made for a 'specialist' application - e.g. on-stage gigging. So, over at
Oh, the cost? Not stupid, but not trivial: about 70 notes.
HTH - Stefek
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