12v power for Canon 350D

rogerg (Roger) · #1 02-03-2008, 10:51 AM

G'day all,

I have a 12v to Canon 350D battery converter that I bought from Centralds DS. Last night I discovered (or "rediscovered"

) that it's not working.

It's not outputting more than a few millivolts.

I told my partner this morning and she said "yeah, you broke that when we were out at Kokberin late last year.." oh... ok, I don't remember, but that'd make sense!

So anyway, I can't remember what I did to it

but it's not currently working. O-oh, astro camp on the 7th, 8th and 9th!!

I'm going to need to crack this thing open and see if I can fix it. Any tips? Anyone remember here the info is on how to make one yourself (perhaps I can use that info to work out how to fix whatever I destroyed on this one)...

Thanks,
Roger.

rogerg (Roger) · #2 03-03-2008, 06:14 PM

G'day all..

I ended up pulling apart the adapter and found a wire had snapped apart.

A warning for anyone who has the Canon 350D 12v power adaptor from http://centralds.net/en/ : The unit does not have strain relief on the camera end of the converter box (the end going to the camera). It has some on the other end. I must have pulled mine a bit hard sometime and it snapped a solder join inside the converter box on the cable.

All fixed now, re-soldered.

Roger.

gbeal · #3 03-03-2008, 07:21 PM

Whew, well done.

erick (Eric) · #4 03-03-2008, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogerg

G'day all..

I ended up pulling apart the adapter and found a wire had snapped apart.

A warning for anyone who has the Canon 350D 12v power adaptor from http://centralds.net/en/ : The unit does not have strain relief on the camera end of the converter box (the end going to the camera). It has some on the other end. I must have pulled mine a bit hard sometime and it snapped a solder join inside the converter box on the cable.

All fixed now, re-soldered.

Roger.

And hopefully you tied a knot in the cable inside the cover so the knot pulls up to the exit hole before any strain is put on the solder joints?

rogerg (Roger) · #5 03-03-2008, 11:00 PM

Yeap. Very tight fit inside their compact housing though. Not much room left in there.