{"id":1345,"date":"2015-03-03T00:15:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T00:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2015-03-03T00:15:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T00:15:01","slug":"arm-dreamplug-power-fault-and-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1345","title":{"rendered":"ARM – DreamPlug Power Fault – and ‘Fix’.."},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally got my old DreamPlug working again, but found that the power would fail intermittently..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After checking for software faults, I tracked the problem down to the power supply cable ‘clip-on’ connector..<\/p>\n

\"DreamPlug<\/a><\/p>\n

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The problem was caused by the internal connection between the two external pins and the internal slide-on metal tabs being loose, and causing frequent disconnects..<\/p>\n

My solution was to completely cut away the pins and metal tabs in the clip-on connector, leaving just the plastic shell, and solder the two wires of the power cable directly on to the spring-loaded metal tabs on the slide-on power supply itself, and then glue the shell of the clip-on connector back over the soldered joints using plastic epoxy glue, to seal it and hold the power cable securely – and safely…<\/p>\n

\"DreamPlug<\/a>

DreamPlug Power Supply Fix<\/p><\/div>\n

Usual disclaimer applies – mains voltage is dangerous, and don’t attempt this unless you know what you are doing!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The result is that the DreamPlug is now completely stable, and ready for further ‘hacks’ (of the non-lethal kind..)<\/p>\n

Robert Gadsdon.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 March 3, 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I finally got my old DreamPlug working again, but found that the power would fail intermittently..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After checking for software faults, I tracked the problem down to the power supply cable ‘clip-on’ connector..   The problem was caused by the internal connection between the two external pins and the internal slide-on metal tabs being loose, and causing …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,11,19,20],"tags":[136,161,1032,304,305,1175],"class_list":["post-1345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crash-and-burn","category-dreamplug","category-hacks","category-opinion","category-performance-2","tag-dreamplug-2","tag-fix","tag-loose-connector","tag-power-supply","tag-problem","tag-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1350,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/1350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}