SDS100/SDS200: SDS100 current draw

[N0ZQR]

What is the total current draw for the SDS100 with the BS-GPSK kit?
Have searched found nothing.

 

[doctordialtone]

Have searched found nothing.

Did you read this discussion?

 

[N0ZQR]

I read the whole discussion,the only thing I see was the “draw” for the SDS and not the two of them together. I need to know so I can get the right size cigarette lighter adapter to run the combination.. what I am using now gives me the low voltage message.

 

[N0ZQR]

I read the whole discussion,the only thing I see was the “draw” for the SDS and not the two of them together. I need to know so I can get the right size cigarette lighter adapter to run the combination.. what I am using now gives me the low voltage message.

 

[522]

.. what I am using now gives me the low voltage message.

Maybe its your vehicle cig port not providing enough juice. Read up on your vehicle owners manual on the cigarette port you are using, and report back.

 

[radioman2008]

I have an SDS100 and a USB port analyzer....

with the SDS100 on, scanning and display active, its pulling from the USB port 0.84A at 4.9V (5V) so its using approximately 4.1 Watts (.84 X 4.9)
for comparison the 436HP draws .19A at 4.9V (5V) (.19 x 4.9) is .931 watts

whenever i run the SDS100 for long periods of time it is always warm to the touch, the 436HP? cool to the touch
so the SDS100 wastes alot more power in heat

 

[iMONITOR]

Maybe its your vehicle cig port not providing enough juice. Read up on your vehicle owners manual on the cigarette port you are using, and report back.

Unlikely. The typical cigarette lighter jack has a 10A fuse, sometimes even higher.

 

[Ubbe]

I read the whole discussion,the only thing I see was the “draw” for the SDS and not the two of them together. I need to know so I can get the right size cigarette lighter adapter to run the combination.. what I am using now gives me the low voltage message.

It's less than 100mA for the GPS. Check that the ciggplug can deliver 1A or more. If you charge the SDS100 battery at the same time it will be an additional 500mA. I have several ciggplugs and most of them are of bad quality and stops working when temperature reaches the freezing point and one drops power when it heats up after a while of use and one could initially power two dashcams but after a couple of months it could only manage one dashcam.

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/Ubbe

 

[N0ZQR]

Thanks everyone that’s the information I needed!