can i build/assemble my own power adapter?

[Eli Luong]

Hi,

I have an external enclosure that uses a power adapter that recently
broke. The power adapter is somewhat standard design: you have one
cable that connects from the outlet to the power brick, then the power
brick itself has the cable going to the enclosure. I recently had the
pins on the power brick break off, rendering it useless, and purchasing
a new one is not worth it. It also had been generating a lot of static
interference whenever it is plugged in.

I was wondering if I could somehow "find" a better adapter with the
same pinout, since it uses 4 of then, two grounds and one 12V and one
5V line. Just curious what my options are.

Thanks,
- Eli

 

[Joel Kolstad]

I was wondering if I could somehow "find" a better adapter with the
same pinout, since it uses 4 of then, two grounds and one 12V and one
5V line. Just curious what my options are.

Sure, you can build one, but even at minimum wage it'd probably be cheaper to
get a new one. Check out places like http://www.allelectronics.com/,
http://www.mpja.com/, or http://www.jameco.com/.

 

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Hi,

I have an external enclosure that uses a power adapter that recently
broke. The power adapter is somewhat standard design: you have one
cable that connects from the outlet to the power brick, then the power
brick itself has the cable going to the enclosure. I recently had the
pins on the power brick break off, rendering it useless, and purchasing
a new one is not worth it. It also had been generating a lot of static
interference whenever it is plugged in.

I was wondering if I could somehow "find" a better adapter with the
same pinout, since it uses 4 of then, two grounds and one 12V and one
5V line. Just curious what my options are.

Thanks,
- Eli

I'm guessing this is a drive enclosure for a PC? If so I have an old
external case I an going to toss. I can send you the power card

 

[Richard H.]

I was wondering if I could somehow "find" a better adapter with the
same pinout, since it uses 4 of then, two grounds and one 12V and one
5V line. Just curious what my options are.

http://www.astrodyne.com for a power module that matches the rating
plate on your old one, rather than building one from scratch. You may
need a new enclosure, and reuse the existing cables.

 

[Eli Luong]

Looks like I may be better off just getting a new enclosure, since the
connector is probably going to be different on every other enclosure...