We had a power spike and lost several pieces of electronics even though they were on surge protectors (which are now obviously not all equal in protection).
I thought I'd fried my PI 3+B but I am able to get a response out of it when I plug a 3rd party power adapter into it. The problem I have is that the red power light goes out. I understand that this indicates there is not enough power. The adapter is suppose to provide 5V@3A (and I guess not all are equal). It boots/runs a PI ZERO W with no problem.
So it looks like it was just the power supply (official PI) that got fried but the PI 3 survived.
My questions are:
I thought I'd fried my PI 3+B but I am able to get a response out of it when I plug a 3rd party power adapter into it. The problem I have is that the red power light goes out. I understand that this indicates there is not enough power. The adapter is suppose to provide 5V@3A (and I guess not all are equal). It boots/runs a PI ZERO W with no problem.
So it looks like it was just the power supply (official PI) that got fried but the PI 3 survived.
My questions are:
- Does it make sense that the power supply would fail and that the PI 3 is still ok?
- Does anyone have a recommended brand of surge protector? What would you recommend for clamping joules?
- I think I now understand why everyone says to get an official PI power supply. Does anyone know of test hardness that would test the real amps the 3rd power supply can deliver?
Statistics: Posted by DS256 — Thu Aug 22, 2024 9:47 pm — Replies 6 — Views 54