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Topic: Chumby one power supply for Europe

My two supplies are now dead (RIP). I tried several multi adapters, but there was no DC-adapter included for a device such the one. The adapter size is 3,2mm x 09,mm. Is that correct? I have not found a supply with a DC-adapter like this. Can you help me to find the correct one for european use? Thanks smile

  • Duane
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Re: Chumby one power supply for Europe

We actually have them in stock, if you're willing to pay for the shipping costs to Europe

http://www.thechumbystore.com/chumby-on … er-supply/

The cheaper alternative is to graft the barrel connector from one of your dead supplies to some other 5V 2A supply, which should not be hard to find.

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  • Registered: 2010-01-09
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Re: Chumby one power supply for Europe

Hi Duane
Thanks for the offer, but I used your second idea and it's working fine for me. big_smile

btw. It's funny. No shop offers a jack with this size...

  • From: Dallas, Tx
  • Registered: 2011-01-08
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Re: Chumby one power supply for Europe

SvenC wrote:

Hi Duane
Thanks for the offer, but I used your second idea and it's working fine for me. big_smile

btw. It's funny. No shop offers a jack with this size...

they're unusual, that's for sure.  we've found a source at digikey over here. there may be others. specifically:

# CP-017-ND for a 3.2mm x 0.9mm solder-on connector tip

Cleaning up any loose bits and bytes.
  • DanD
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Re: Chumby one power supply for Europe

Hi SvenC,

I'm based in the UK and have just resurrected my Chumby One which died a couple of years ago due to the power supply failing.  I followed the advice in Sky123's post:

http://forum.chumby.com/viewtopic.php?pid=47894#p47894

and purchased a 5V 2A android tablet charger (UK plug) via Ebay.  The connector is slimmer that the Chumby One connector, but if you place a small piece of card at the bottom edge of the socket it pushes the small pin upwards and gives a reliable connection.  The adapters are priced between £3-£5 so seem a pretty good solution. 

Note: I also tried making a temporary power lead by converting a usb lead and attaching the power connector from the original Chumby One power supply.  This worked OK connected to a 1.5A USB port on another device, but I wasn't able to charge the back-up battery properly (due to lower power of the USB port I suppose).  I didn't have any power supplies with 2A usb ports so wasn't able to fix the battery charging problem.  Hence, I tried the android charger instead.