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    Tired of Lighting Bolt

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    • EfriimE
      Efriim @mat
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      @mat
      Mine is over 6'. Nothing to deduce yet. Can you read the AWG along the cord? it looks maybe 25.

      What you need is to solder a DC Barrel Jack to the Pi for the supplying power through.

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        mat @Efriim
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        @Efriim there is 20 next to the awg and awm 2464

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        • ByteThisB
          ByteThis @Efriim
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          @Efriim I have this one : https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01N9SL18E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

          I have had it for 2 1/2 years now..5V 3A . I have had no problems with it at all. Nice to have a switch inline that works . I use them on PI 3's .

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          • EfriimE
            Efriim @ByteThis
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            @mat
            Bahaha your avatar.... Mine is the same gauge. Only 6.5Feet.

            @ByteThis
            The 3A is able to supply a stronger reliable voltage from one source.
            But so is nuclear power... in canada.

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            • ByteThisB
              ByteThis @Efriim
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              @Efriim Yup..I live about 20 km away from a nuclear power reactor for supplying power to communities..people are dying from Cancer here like it is the common cold..In Canada..the Oil industry also accumulates to the poisoned people.

              But power for the Pi is A-OK..lol :-)

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                Efriim @ByteThis
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                @ByteThis
                It must be the old one, they are all kind of old now. It is chaotic to think about that power in a material. This history was placed in front of us with and without directions. It is mostly chaos, but it isn't surprising that there isn't a gravedigger or general physicist for saving people. It's good to hear from Canada though.

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                • simpleethatS
                  simpleethat @ByteThis
                  last edited by simpleethat

                  @ByteThis said in Tired of Lighting Bolt:

                  @Efriim I have this one : https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01N9SL18E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                  I have four of these running at the moment and I've not had a problem with any of them.

                  Edit: I personally don't trust anything that disconnects from the wall wart and the switch (especially now that they have LEDs) is just absolute bonus. I only need one to have the switch but I get them for all of my raspberry pi things if they need an inline switch or not.

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                  • ByteThisB
                    ByteThis @Efriim
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                    @Efriim said in Tired of Lighting Bolt:

                    @ByteThis
                    It must be the old one, they are all kind of old now. It is chaotic to think about that power in a material. This history was placed in front of us with and without directions. It is mostly chaos, but it isn't surprising that there isn't a gravedigger or general physicist for saving people. It's good to hear from Canada though.

                    Not an old one..they are constantly going offline and shutting down for repairs as the hydro community suffers with rate increases.

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                      ByteThis @simpleethat
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                      @simpleethat said in Tired of Lighting Bolt:

                      @ByteThis said in Tired of Lighting Bolt:

                      @Efriim I have this one : https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01N9SL18E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                      I have four of these running at the moment and I've not had a problem with any of them.

                      Edit: I personally don't trust anything that disconnects from the wall wart and the switch (especially now that they have LEDs) is just absolute bonus. I only need one to have the switch but I get them for all of my raspberry pi things if they need an inline switch or not.

                      Northpada is the preferred product amongst end users form what I have read..great quality. Power sockets wear out over time.

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                        mat
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                        The box I was referring to in my earlier post is the power supply box in the link below:

                        link

                        Not the actual auction I intend to get of course, but are these the official Pi adaptor boxes the adaptor comes in?

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                        • EfriimE
                          Efriim @ByteThis
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                          @ByteThis
                          Oh. Well I'm not a general physicist, and anyways gravediggers were sort of purposed to save people. I feel like I want to compare it to what the Canadian government advertises. In Oregon most of the power comes from hydroelectric dams and quite a few wind stations we are increasing renewable energy through the decades. There are high paying jobs in energy efficiency.

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                          • EfriimE
                            Efriim @mat
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                            @mat
                            Element 14 is one of the main distributors for raspberry pi, it is probably as official as it gets.

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