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Hacking USB powered speakers to be Non-USB powered
electricd:
Hello,
I just bought a set of the cheapie Benwin USB powered speakers to use for their amp. Now, I am short on USB ports, so what I would like to do is hack the power to accept a normal wall-wart style power. What is the voltage that USB supplies? I *should* be able to just find a DC adapter that supplies ~ the same voltage and tap it in, correct? Thanks in advance!
ED7
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: electricd on March 13, 2006, 09:34:16 am ---what I would like to do is hack the power to accept a normal wall-wart style power. What is the voltage that USB supplies? I *should* be able to just find a DC adapter that supplies ~ the same voltage and tap it in, correct? Thanks in advance!
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USB Supplies 5V DC.....
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
electricd:
Ahh..so it should be very easy...plenty of 5V DC power supplies lying around...any reason I shouldn't do this?
Teebor:
Would a self powered USB hub not be easier? Give you more ports as well as running the speakers?
you can get them quite cheap on ebay or a local computer store
electricd:
Yea that might be easier....believe it or not, I never really thought of that! :-\