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Power connector size
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-04-04 12:10:33
Silly question - does anyone know the physical dimensions of the barrel jack connector that the Newton PSU uses to connect to the PDA?

Posted by: trag on 2020-04-04 14:47:48
Really not a silly question.  Keeping track of all those jack sizes can be important, especially as the power brick usually fails before the device.  Unfortunately I don't know the answer.  Recently I bought this adapter that comes with many jinterchangeablevtips.  

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015PXUHYA

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-04-04 15:12:59
Recently I bought this adapter that comes with many jinterchangeablevtips
Unfortunately that's not an option for my use case: the power supply is fine, but I need a barrel jack extension lead of the correct size to make the power wire longer.  Context:  I'm using my eMate as a serial terminal for my rackmount kit, and I need a wire long enough to run to the PDU of the rack.

Posted by: blusnowkitty on 2020-04-06 15:44:18
Have you thought about using a normal PDU cable and then using something like this on the other end? PDU to Outlet

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-04-07 02:31:16
Yup: though I'm in the UK, so our outlets are slightly bulkier 🙂 .  But I already have a UK PDU in my rack along with my IEC PDU, because I've already got a bunch of stuff that uses wall transformers in there (RouterBoards and my LC II hack).  So it will make the wiring a lot more manageable if I can get a barrel jack extender, rather than having the newton PSU hanging about on the end of a wire.  But I may have to go that route.

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