Hi guys :wink:

Does anyone know what’s the reference number for the power cable that goes in the “DC OUT” of the PCG-U1?
Where can I find it?

Thanks for the help !

I think you’re talking abuot the power/firewire port.  As far as I know there are no power specific plugs.  That’s a powered firewire port for external drives, such as the PCGA-DVD1 .

Thanks Mr B :wink:

That would have been very handy if a power cable existed because, as you might already know, the 4 pins Firewire output alone doesn’t provide power to the plugged device. And most of the external Firewire drives take their power from the computer.

See my post here:
 

You can buy the cable only off of eBay for 20 bucks

You can then butcher it and make a a firewire cable that has a standard 6-pin powered firewire plug on the end.
It then powers your external HDD… Even the power hungry ones

I made my cable up in about an hour… the hardest part is testing and double checking the pins are in the correct order

If you have a 4-pin to 6-pin cable handy, then you copy it’s pin-outs… easy!

That DC connector kicks out 15V DC, but i don’t know what current it can handle.

Good luck.
  Rich

Thanks, topbanana.

Unfortunanely, the FireWire drive I intend to buy needs 5V power. It’s the PikaOne Flycase ( http://www.pikaone.com/en/products/flycaseSlim_silver_combo.htm )

So, for outdoor use, I guess I will have to use one of the USB 1.1 ports since a 15v output seems to be too strong for this device. Am I right?

[quote author=“sleidia”]Thanks, topbanana.

Unfortunanely, the FireWire drive I intend to buy needs 5V power. It’s the PikaOne Flycase ( http://www.pikaone.com/en/products/flycaseSlim_silver_combo.htm )

So, for outdoor use, I guess I will have to use one of the USB 1.1 ports since a 15v output seems to be too strong for this device. Am I right?

That’s a bugger isn’t it.

Bear in mind that some of the drive enclosures are better at handelling the start-up power needed by the drive than others…

my new hdd enclosures can’t start one of my drives which used to start perfectly in my transcend hdd enclosure… that’s really annoying.  fooling it is easy, you can plug a piggyback usb power take-off cable into the usb port, then plug the usb data cable into that and plug them both into the drive.  so the drive is still only getting the power from one USB socket, but likes to have it coming in on both inputs…  Hmmm.
Those drives and enclosures work perfectly with the new firewire cable i made up… the 15V does the trick.
Firewire standards say the the power thru a 6-pin cable can be from 8 to 30V…

Cheers
  Rich