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First draft of external ML battery power -

Started Oct 7, 2019 | Discussions thread
Max Iso
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Re: First draft of external ML battery power -

Zoc wrote:

Doesn't that camera have USB charging? Why do you need the voltage converter?

Well there's two reasons i would rather go this rout. The first is it's "safer" IMO to power it from the battery well with a dummy battery since the wire can pass through the trap door and be fairly secure, while the USB plug sticks out and can easily get snagged and really mess up the camera. With the battery the worst that can happen is the wire gets ripped from the battery box, which was $20.

The other reason is even if you power it with the USB 3 input, it still has to be between 7 and 9 volts, so it won't matter where the power enters the camera, it still needs the same volts and amps. Now if you have a power source that outputs 7 to 9 volts you don't need that converter, but my power banks are all 5v USB output.

In the future i will buy different models that output higher voltage, for now i would have to use that converter cable.

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