<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 9:57 PM Mark Wedel <<a href="mailto:mwedel@sonic.net">mwedel@sonic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 8/12/19 6:51 AM, DryHeat122 . wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 6:43 AM DryHeat122 . <<a href="mailto:dryheat122@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dryheat122@gmail.com</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dryheat122@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dryheat122@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> IDK, I've used non-Hauppague wall warts and they've failed too. I've seen<br>
> those schematics for powering via USB. I might have to try that.<br>
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> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 6:34 AM Greg <<a href="mailto:gregl@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gregl@nycap.rr.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:gregl@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gregl@nycap.rr.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> On 8/12/19 9:14 AM, DryHeat122 . wrote:<br>
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>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 5:17 AM Justin Alcorn <<a href="mailto:justin@jalcorn.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">justin@jalcorn.net</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:justin@jalcorn.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">justin@jalcorn.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
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>> I had similar problems. The powersupply fixed it.<br>
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>> Justin B. Alcorn<br>
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>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 1:16 AM DryHeat122 . <<a href="mailto:dryheat122@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dryheat122@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dryheat122@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dryheat122@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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>> After a very long period of reliable service, my HDPVR is<br>
>> failing to start recordings and/or starting them then dropping<br>
>> them after around 30 sec. Logs show recorder failed errors.<br>
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>> My natural impulse is to think the HDPVR has trashed yet<br>
>> another power supply. I think the current one is its 4th. But<br>
>> have never had this particular symptom before, so thought I'd<br>
>> better ask.<br>
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>> Does anyone know why these boxes are so hard on power supplies? I've<br>
>> never had another device that was like this before.<br>
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> I don't think it has anything to do with the box,but more to do with the<br>
> components in the power supply..<br>
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> It seems that you can buy these cables now. <br>
> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079K2DS3H/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_S5wuDbD8NW6DT" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079K2DS3H/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_S5wuDbD8NW6DT</a><br>
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Has anyone ever hooked up an ammeter to see what the HDPVR actually draws? I <br>
wonder if it is close to the 2 AMP rating of the PS, so just stresses it out, <br>
causing earlier failures.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I had the same thought last time mine crapped out. Instead of doing the science as you propose, I replaced with an over capacity wall wart (3-4A I think) and that's the one that just failed. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don't know enough about PS electronics to say if anything other than over-drawing current could stress the PS.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It also makes me worry about getting power from the USB of the Myth box. It's one thing to kill a <span class="money">$15</span> wall wart and another to kill a <span class="money">$100</span> PC power supply.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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