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Re: Connecting 7.2V (directly) to camera

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Originally Posted by tml240
*hoping for a good update..

i stripped the PWM cables and was about to hook it up to the battery pack, but i wasnt sure with a few things:
- Aside from pwr lines (red and black) what do i do with white one in the middle?
- Frying the battery? (i can probly put together to make my own but..)
- Frying the $200.00+ Camera board?

the RED wire is +7.2 volts DC
The BLACK wire is Ground
The white wire is unused

Be ABSOLUTELY SURE you have the Polarity of both ends (the battery AND the plug onto the camera right - there is NO reverse polarity protection on the camera board and it WILL fry. Triple check, then check again. really.

Anyway, you can power the camera board from most any source of 6 ro 15 volts DC that can supply 200 mAmps. the 7.2 volt backup battery - or an R/C battery - is just fine.

Don
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