USB power supply.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Since I'm doing a bit of modification to my AV installation, I'm wondering if such a thing exists. I have several 5v devices (things like a toslink to analogue converter, a couple of SCART to HDMI, etc) that all have their own wall wart USB PS. A single one would take up less space and be tidier (assuming it didn't introduce ground loop problems) . But I'd rather it was a box with a mains lead, rather than a wall wart. As the power distribution is IEC, rather than 13 amp.

[Chris Bartram]

Have a look around

[Martin Brown]

Powered hub might do. I steal power off the TV USB sockets for mine.

[alan_m]

I have a 5 USB charging station Example

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I was hoping to find a mains in with say 6 USB ;'charging' outputs. They don't need to talk to one another or anything else. The devices I have simply use a USB socket for DC power. If that makes sense.

The TV is too far away to use as a USB power source.

[whisky-dave]

DIY can't you make one. ;-)

[Rob Morley]

I use one of these

powered by an old laptop charger in a couple of places where I want multiple USB supplies.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I probably could, but it's one of those things that would cost far more to make than buy. ;-)

[Theo]

I just bought one of these:

't forget to tick the 55% off 'voucher')

5 ports - there's one Qualcomm Quick Charge port which charges my phone in 40 minutes (but also does regular USB to non-QC gadgets). The other ports go up to 2.4A which charges it in about an hour. Seems pretty solid all round.

I got it for travelling - the power input is a figure-8 connector, so I can attach whatever UK/EU/US cable is appropriate.

Look at 'Aukey' and 'Anker' as reasonable brands (less likely to catch fire than bottom-barrel Chinese) - they have a wide range of different models.

Theo

[invalid]

maybe

[JoeJoe]

[JoeJoe]

Worth checking the output - yours is only 1.3A per port which may not enough to power devices that require 2A. There are others that support

2A on all ports.

[Andy Burns]

I have several, like you I prefer them with an IEC C7 input, they exist with combinations of multiple 5V/2A or QC, or type C PD ports

[polygonum_on_google]

I got an Anker 5 port which works just fine for my purposes which include dumb power-only and phone/tablet charging.

[JoeJoe]

So do I - I have had 3 of them for the last 2-3 years. During that time:

- 1 died completely after ~20 months. Anker were not interested. Posted an honest review on Amazon. They contacted me immediately after and agreed to send a replacement.

- 2 others now have dead ports (1 has one the other 2). The other ports still work.

I also have one of these:

issues after 2.5 years.

Personally I would go for

[Andrew]

I asked this question before when I was considering using the

12 V output from my PC power supply to power a number of those low-current devices.

Andrew Gabriel said he did just this. I think an inline fuse was a good idea.