Everything relating to hacking, expanding and modifying the Joggler hardware.
-
markeh
- Posts: 24
- Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:17 am
Post
by markeh » Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:32 am
Hi there,
I thought it would be best to start a new topic instead of posting in the other power supply thread, hopefully thats alright.
Does anyone know what power supply would be best to power the joggler in a car, I remember a guy posted pictures and instructions for installing it inside a car on the old forum. From what I recall it was from maplin, I think it was this:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/universal-3a-dc ... ply-228639
Would that work alright? It seems a bit expensive for a £50 joggler, are there any alternatives?
Is anyone else using or thinking on using it in-car? It does seem to have the potential to be very cool.
Any advice would be great
-
markeh
- Posts: 24
- Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:17 am
Post
by markeh » Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:10 pm
Yea, thanks for the link. Thats the one from the old forum. I must have got that maplin power supply from somewhere else .
It does look really good, but do you think its practical? Like if you just stop the power when you stop the car will it corrupt the os image on the usb stick or ssd or would it take to long to boot up and what about fm radio?
I think there might be too many issues to make it a permanent fixture in the car
-
nigelh
- Posts: 27
- Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:05 am
Post
by nigelh » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:10 am
markeh wrote:Hi there,
I thought it would be best to start a new topic instead of posting in the other power supply thread, hopefully thats alright.
Does anyone know what power supply would be best to power the joggler in a car, I remember a guy posted pictures and instructions for installing it inside a car on the old forum. From what I recall it was from maplin, I think it was this:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/universal-3a-dc ... ply-228639
Would that work alright? It seems a bit expensive for a £50 joggler, are there any alternatives?
Is anyone else using or thinking on using it in-car? It does seem to have the potential to be very cool.
Any advice would be great
Fyi, Maplins have reduced these to £14.99
-
nigelh
- Posts: 27
- Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:05 am
Post
by nigelh » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:36 pm
-
pete
- Posts: 2817
- Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:33 am
- Location: Time Traveler
Post
by pete » Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:30 pm
Curious if you are able to run the Joggler off of the 3 AMP universal PS. I would assume it would be better to maybe drive it with a 5 AMP or similiar to the OpenPeak power supply DC-DC transformer.
I have a small Shuttle net top which has a 30 watt PS and never really gets warm. The Asus netbook I have utilizes a smaller 3 Watt PS; it never gets warm either.
The reason I am asking is that I would like to try a POE of sorts for the Joggler and wondering how much I would have to put on the NIC wires if I were to go this route.
- Pete
Auto mater
-
markeh
- Posts: 24
- Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:17 am
Post
by markeh » Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:48 am
pete_c wrote:Curious if you are able to run the Joggler off of the 3 AMP universal PS. I would assume it would be better to maybe drive it with a 5 AMP or similiar to the OpenPeak power supply DC-DC transformer.
I have a small Shuttle net top which has a 30 watt PS and never really gets warm. The Asus netbook I have utilizes a smaller 3 Watt PS; it never gets warm either.
The reason I am asking is that I would like to try a POE of sorts for the Joggler and wondering how much I would have to put on the NIC wires if I were to go this route.
maybe a bit late to be of any use to you but yea it works fine, although I can't say I've used it for any length of time
-
hardz
- Posts: 28
- Joined: Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:28 am
Post
by hardz » Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:05 pm
Damn, I was on my way to pick it up today but it's jumped to £22.99
It was £9.99 yesterday
-
hardz
- Posts: 28
- Joined: Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:28 am
Post
by hardz » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:31 pm
-
hawsey
- Posts: 1948
- Joined: Sun May 22, 2011 11:23 pm
- Location: Northumberland
Post
by hawsey » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:59 pm
Good find that looks the same to me as the one above and also the earlier Maplin one
Happy Joggling
-
hardz
- Posts: 28
- Joined: Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:28 am
Post
by hardz » Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:07 pm
Just before I buy it, I'm curious way this discussion is for a 3A (Maplin/ebay) power supply whereas the DC plug for my Joggler states 4A.
Would it not be better/safer to get a 4A version?
-
hardz
- Posts: 28
- Joined: Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:28 am
Post
by hardz » Wed May 02, 2012 3:46 pm
The Maplin one is back (finally) at £9.99 and free delivery if you buy something for a couple of pennies.
-
lamb.chop
- Posts: 24
- Joined: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:11 pm
- Location: Warwick UK
Post
by lamb.chop » Thu May 03, 2012 11:41 am
Check their feedback though, not a UK seller, etc.
