[Soekris] Power supply /

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <12107626.post at talk.nabble.com>, ev writes:
>
>hi, 
>
>
>when I read the 5501 specs it says "Power using external power supply is
>6-25V DC", does it mean that I can use a 16v supply? ... I have a couple of
>spare small 16v 4,5A PSU's .... I have issues when powering up the 5501
>incl. a 2.5" hard drive, making a quick calculation tells me that the std
>12v 1,5A Soekris supply is on the limit (18W max) and the 5501 and a 2,5"
>drive takes (12,3W + 5W during start up = 17,3W) 


16v 4.5A is about 4 times more than the 5501 needs with a 2.5" disk, but
it should work just fine.

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