Anyone know the polarity of the 5V power jack centre pin?

TIA.

"ian field" ) writes:
Anyone know the polarity of the 5V power jack centre pin?

TIA.


THe AC adaptor is not marked (and neither is the unit) but the one
I bought at a garage sale a few weeks ago did have the adaptor with
it, and measuring it, center is positive. It's the same model, and
the Iomega marked adaptor says it supplies 5v at 1A.

Michael

Michael Black wrote:

"ian field" ) writes:
Anyone know the polarity of the 5V power jack centre pin?

TIA.


THe AC adaptor is not marked (and neither is the unit) but the one
I bought at a garage sale a few weeks ago did have the adaptor with
it, and measuring it, center is positive. It's the same model, and
the Iomega marked adaptor says it supplies 5v at 1A.

Michael




That is interesting. I have three of the drives, and all three power
supplies show the polarity on the ID label. All are for US sue on 120
VAC, 60 Hz.

1: Zip 02477800 RWP480505-1 China Linear
2: Zip 02477800 SG-511 Indonesia Linear
3: Zip 02742700 AP05Z-US Korea SMPS



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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

"Michael Black" wrote in message
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"ian field" ) writes:
Anyone know the polarity of the 5V power jack centre pin?

TIA.


THe AC adaptor is not marked (and neither is the unit) but the one
I bought at a garage sale a few weeks ago did have the adaptor with
it, and measuring it, center is positive. It's the same model, and
the Iomega marked adaptor says it supplies 5v at 1A.

Michael


Many thanks, the drive is not marked and I do not have the original
adapter - but I do have some SMPS 1A 5V centre positive adapters.

ian field wrote:
Anyone know the polarity of the 5V power jack centre pin?

TIA.


Know how to use a meter?

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Banning guns is a big relief for criminals, they
can now work safely.

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Banning guns is a big relief for criminals, they
can now work safely.

The more guns the safer you are. Iraq. Afghanistan. USA. Funny, wonder why
that doesn't work?

Claude ) writes:
ian field wrote:
Anyone know the polarity of the 5V power jack centre pin?

TIA.


Know how to use a meter?

I believe the point was that he didn't have an AC adaptor, so he
couldn't check the polarity that way.

ANd yes, one could open the Zip drive up and figure it out, but
he may not have the background to do that.

Michael

Homer J Simpson wrote:

"Claude" wrote in message
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Banning guns is a big relief for criminals, they
can now work safely.

The more guns the safer you are. Iraq. Afghanistan. USA. Funny, wonder why
that doesn't work?



How about Australia, where the crime rate has gone up, since they were
banned. BTW, The man the Crocodile Dundee movies were based on was
killed buy the Australian government when he refused to give up his
guns.


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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Homer J Simpson wrote:

The more guns the safer you are. Iraq. Afghanistan. USA. Funny,
wonder why that doesn't work?


Hi Homer J Simpson!



It's like getting minus to minus.

I remember good that feeling with two magnets, trying to fit minus to
minus, or plus to plus. It's difficult to hold same polarities
together, as it can change anytime the position in any direction,
except the direction to the same pole of the other thing.



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

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ian field wrote:
Anyone know the polarity of the 5V power jack centre pin?

TIA.


Know how to use a meter?

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Banning guns is a big relief for criminals, they
can now work safely.

Claude Hopper

Yes thanks - but there's no i/p protection diode to give a meaningful
reading and since the guide runners fall out when the unit is dismantled it
was easier to ask if anyone knew off hand.

As it happens after I got the drive up and running and went looking to see
if I had any disks to play with I found an old drive I'd forgotten about at
the back of a dusty shelf, this was a scrap unit someone left with me after
killing it with a wrong polarity PSU - it would have been easy to meter from
the jack to the i/p filter electrolytic, oh well!