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Forums › Offers and Wanted › Free: Means of powering an outdoors Raspberry Pi

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#287152 9-Jun-2021 22:56
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This used to power a Pi in an outdoors enclosure, it's about 8-10m of DC power line feeding a UBEC with a Micro USB connector, so you feed 12V from something like an LED power supply into one end and it outputs 5VDC from whatever's left of the 12V at the other. This deals with the fact that you can't feed 5VDC over any kind of distance and still expect to get 5V at the other end. Also has a 12V barrel connector for feeding 12VDC devices about halfway along it.

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  #2721548 9-Jun-2021 23:39
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What's the UBEC rated at Vin/Iout? It may be useful for a project of mine.



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  #2721550 9-Jun-2021 23:41
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pih: What's the UBEC rated at Vin/Iout? It may be useful for a project of mine.

 

 

From memory something to 15V in, 5V out, but it's a bit of a waste if you just chop off the UBEC and toss the rest, they're only a few dollars from China.

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  #2728163 13-Jun-2021 20:41
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Added a photo in case it temps anyone... just seems like a waste to toss it:

 

 



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  #2728164 13-Jun-2021 20:43
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Where is pickup?

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  #2728168 13-Jun-2021 20:52
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Auckland north shore, or the central city by arrangement, i.e. when I'm in there.

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  #2728169 13-Jun-2021 20:54
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Cool, yep I'll take it. I can guarantee it won't go to waste. I can't guarantee it won't gather dust for the next few years though! 😁 I'll PM you.

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