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Hogie1418:

Hey guys, my usb on my u360 broke so I decided to use the wire harness to the ipac in the meantime. Since I do not have a usb connection though, that means that I need to connect my red wire to a 5 volt power supply. I honestly have no idea how to do this. It is probably something simple but I am very noobish when it comes to this. Any help is appreciated.

paigeoliver:

You don't need a separate 5 volt power supply, you can tap the one in your computer.

The red wire on the 4 pin connector is +5 volts and the black wire is ground.



Hogie1418:

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Hogie1418:

Would the same work with a usb cable? Simply cut a usb cable and connect the red and black wires?


paigeoliver:

USB is 5 volt however you can't count on the cables inside a USB cord being a particular color. You can certainly tap a usb cable for power, however judging from your questions I would recommend you instead tap the connector I showed you inside the PC itself. The chances of a screw up are much lower.

If you tap the connector coming off the power supply like I showed you then you can safely get 5 volts for sure.


--- Quote from: Hogie1418 on June 29, 2012, 07:03:20 pm ---So can I just cut a usb cord, hook it up to the computer and connect the red wire to the red and would the black then be the ground? USB runs at 5 volts correct?

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