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Aug 15 04:05:37 <kblin> Tootoot222: as long as you don't draw too much power on the sheeva PSU, that should be fine
Aug 15 04:05:50 <kblin> especially if you just run it on 110V
Aug 15 04:08:00 <kblin> I (probably) toasted my first sheva PSU by running an unpowered 2.5" usb drive, the second PSU probably died just because it didn't like running on 230V for half a year
Aug 15 04:09:03 <kblin> but I've replaced the internal PSU by an external PSU, and so far that's been working fine
Aug 15 04:19:31 <Tootoot222> kblin: lol we did the same thing
Aug 15 04:19:40 <Tootoot222> i blew my first one on a 2,5 drive =p
Aug 15 04:19:48 <Tootoot222> but i bought a generic charger with 3a
Aug 15 04:19:54 <Tootoot222> so it should handle better
Aug 15 04:20:06 <Tootoot222> (soldered it onto the motherboard cables)
Aug 15 04:20:31 <kblin> ah, I sodered on a barrel plug connctor
Aug 15 04:20:36 <kblin> *soldered
Aug 15 04:21:54 <Tootoot222> http://i40.tinypic.com/25thobl.jpg
Aug 15 04:21:56 <Tootoot222> http://i42.tinypic.com/2i1jqes.jpg
Aug 15 04:22:02 <kblin> which is good, my current PSU only does 1.5A, but it seems to be sufficient so far
Aug 15 04:22:15 <Tootoot222> it looks kind of funny having the wirre randomly sticking out of the power cable hole lol
Aug 15 04:22:27 <kblin> but if I ever find that I need a better psu, I can easily replace it
Aug 15 04:23:28 <Tootoot222> somebody made a solar power PSU using the solar panels from path lights and some plastic sheets lol
Aug 15 04:23:31 <Tootoot222> gave 2a too
Aug 15 04:23:35 <Tootoot222> (@ 5v)
Aug 15 04:24:17 <kblin> hehe
Aug 15 04:25:26 <kblin> ok, my construction does look pretty similar, just that there's a barrel plug connector sticking out of the back
Aug 15 04:25:45 <kblin> but yeah, have been happy with it so far
Aug 15 04:26:36 <kblin> but I figured I'd let some more people field-test the guruplug v2 before getting one myself
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