Nevermind!! I managed to find my old caliper buried under some old tools and made the measurements myself!! it's a 2.5mm x 5.5mm barrel plug, so that settles the specs! Now to find the PSU I need. Thanks anyway! On Sun, 2019-03-17 at 11:02 -0600, Diego Rivera wrote: > Regarding the power supply replacements, can you recommend any models (from > Amazon/eBay > preferably)? > I saw that they're 6VDC/1.66A , but I don't know the specific type of barrel > plug I should be > looking for. I know there are "universal" models out there but they wouldn't > fit the plugs in the > UPS they'd have to go into, and would require some significant connector > reorganization which I'd > just as soon avoid if at all possible. > Still, recommendations regardless of form factor are welcome! > Thanks! > -- > > > > Diego Rivera > > On Sat, 2019-03-16 at 16:48 +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 4:06 PM Diego Rivera <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Every so often one of the devices ceases to function and just "dies". > > It has been a long long time since I touched one ofthose, but I would > > always look at the root > > causesof the hangs first..... > > The two most common issues with the HVR-1950that I ran into is that it can > > overheat (and > > hang)and the power supply can be going bad (and thedevice hangs). > > For the first, I found avoiding stacking them (whichI had been doing) was > > sufficient to avoid > > overheating(although your location may vary and you may needactive > > airflow), and for the second, > > I replaced thepower adapter. FWIW, I don't think any of thepower adapters > > that I ever got from > > Hauppaugewere of good quality, and I usually just replaced thempro-actively > > with a high quality > > switching supply(at the time I had a local source of delta brandedoem > > switching supplies that > > were dirt cheap andnew in box). Note that you typically can't just usea > > VOM on the adapter to > > test, you have to put theadapter under load and look at the ripple. > > Usuallyjust easier to > > replace the power supply. > > And none of this was actually in response tothe question you > > asked..._______________________________________________pvrusb2 mailing > > [email protected] > > http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2 --
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