[Cialug] Raspberry Pi HDMI issue

[Scott Yates]

Is there really a danger of overloading?  I thought you could have a 10A
supply, but whatever was plugged into it would just draw the current
(amps?) it needed.

I thought there was only a danger of overloading if your Volts were out of
range.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:

> CanaKit has a really nice 2.5A power supply that works great with the Pi,
> and the price is right too. As far as I know that's the most current @ 5V
> that you can buy that plugs into a MicroUSB, especially if you want to
> avoid overloading your Pi. If you need more current than that I think that
> you'd want to power the Pi and any peripherals separately.
>
> https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00MARDJZ4
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > When I had weird hardware problems with my Pi, it turned out the my power
> > supply wasn't giving it enough amps. I switched power supplies, and
> > everything worked great again. As far as I can tell, there's no such
> thing
> > as too high for your amp rating.
> >
> > I also find that sometimes USB charging wall-warts tend to lose their
> umph
> > (amp output) over time. Not sure if this is real or perceived.
> >
> > Tim Champion
> > timchampion at gmail.com
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 4:17 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Having problems with a Pi appliance network connections stopping, ..
> but
> > > when a console is plugged in (and on reboots) it shows camera video and
> > > there is no way to exit the display.
> > >
> > > Anyone on the list that has seen this problem? It's hard to figure out
> > > what's happening when a network shell connection dies and the local
> > > console is unusable.
> > >
> > >         TIA!
> > >
> > >         Lee
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