[mythtv-users] Desk Top Power

Michael Watson michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au
Fri May 15 21:44:50 UTC 2015


On 16/05/2015 5:43 AM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
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> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Philip Brady 
> <phil.brady at hotmail.co.uk <mailto:phil.brady at hotmail.co.uk>> wrote:
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>     > From: mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk <mailto:mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk>
>     > Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 07:56:36 +0100
>     > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org <mailto:mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>     > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Desk Top Power
>     >
>     >
>     > On 15 May 2015, at 00:24, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com
>     <mailto:darylangela at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     > > Has anyone had success powering Ethernet switches, HDHR's, or
>     Set Top Boxes from the power supply of a PC?
>     >
>     > I did this many years ago, bought a 100Mbps switch while working
>     in the US when such things were rare and expensive in the UK. It
>     came with a US only power supply, online order and there was no
>     mention of these details. Not wanting to spend money on a UK power
>     supply I made an adaptor to plug the DC cable in to a 4 pin molex
>     connector inside the PC, it wanted 12v at an amp so easily
>     compatible. All worked fine for many years, anything I wanted to
>     stay connected when the PC was power cycled was connected to the
>     existing 10Mbps hub or the thinnet 10base2 cabling, that’s how
>     long ago it was…
>     >
>     >
>     > > I can see 5 or 12 VDC among the red black and yellow wires, I
>     know it would be polarity critical, and I really only need the
>     gadgets when the PC is on, or turns itself on.
>     >
>     > Provided your PSU isn’t on the edge and the other kit wants 12v
>     or 5v you should be fine.
>     >
>     > There could be some issue with interference from the external
>     device getting back in to the PC and upsetting sound output or
>     harddrives but that depends on the design of the external
>     equipment, input filtering on them should remove that sort of thing.
>     >
>     > Andre
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>     > > Any ideas pro or con?
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>     There is a very cheap solution to this. I have used an intelliplug
>     here in the UK but I do not know if it is available for your
>     voltages and socket types.  It switches subsidiary devices on or
>     off in response to the primary being switched.
>     Phil
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> A quick look and apparently its not available on this side of the 
> puddle :-/
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