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Re: Battery powered DS help

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Originally Posted by lcoreyl View Post
Hmmmm... just lost SECOND router using battery power. I think we are going to start using fuses; I would recommend the same to you...

Anyone else lost a router?
We lost a protective switch earlier this year. We were using a cellphone power supply with the correct voltage rating, but a lower amperage rating. The switch tried to pull too much current, the cellphone power supply fried, and that fried the switch in turn.

It was a deperation move when we were at West Michigan and they announced they were out of DS's, and we only had 1 working port.

We'll be working on something a little more robust and easier to lug around than one of the 12V batteries...