How good is the plug retention. Will it hold on to a medium weight power supply for my laptop?
219484
I think it easily should as the coupling is very tight between the female plug on this wire and the male plug of the laptop power supply
219485
It is pretty solid. At least my two packs were. I prefer not to have any weight pulling on my cords as a general rule but I don't think a moderate power supply would cause the plug to decouple. If you have an approximate weight I can test it for you on one of the plugs I have.
219486
Yes, I've connected many power sources w/ the extensions I have. They stay connected very well, to the extent that it's not at all easy to disconnect them.
219487
I would not recommend trying to support the weight of anything from the electrical plug/cord. The cords I received are quite tight on the female end, but the male end, (blades), were never designed to support weight. I have attached restraints to keep the 1 foot cords in place within an portable cabinet. I used plastic zip ties. In this manner, there is no additional weight placed on either the cord plug, or the outlet. There are companies that make retainers to prevent cords from pulling apart, but they are normally seen on construction sites where tools are being used repeatedly and the guys just pull the cord along with the tool. Mostly the cord is tied into a knot for this purpose. For the laptop power supply, I would try to extend it to either the floor, or another location to allow the supply cord to rest on. I hope this helps, and good luck!
219488
Yes it will hold a medium weight power supply. Please note, if your power supply is 3 prong, you will be able to use a heavier cord/power supply. I use this with a 2 prong Asus Zenbook power supply, it works wonderfully. Bottom line: yes it should work for your medium weight power supply.
1587109
I purchased this and connected almost two full lengths of 5 Meter/600 led lights to it that were rated to pull 0.5A per meter, 2.5A per roll, so almost 5A total. Had no issues with it. I would check actual current draw, but it is installed at a customer's business. This is a substantial power brick - basically the same as a laptop has. I would suggest spending the extra couple bucks and going with this larger 60W power supply just to give yourself some headroom.
717935
This would work. The only issue that I have with it is that when you close your laptop it doesn't stay in place because it's held on basically by static.
1620456
Not a chance. The voltage isn't a problem, it's the wattage. 180W is good for laptops, and other small items. Vacuums, heating elements, etc. will pull in excess of 500W.
820401
I don't think its power retain capaity because of 65 Watt power adapter, it will just take more time to charge. Where as 90 Watt adapter can charge it fast. If you feel it is because of 65 watt adapter try 90 watt adapter before purchasing it. I hope this will help...
885374
It stays in great. I use it for my laptop to charge on the road and use while traveling in remote areas. Works great.
1849485
The one I had lasted 3 years running almost constantly. My video card went bad and took it with it. I upgraded to an 800 Watt Thermaltake model when I replaced the video card. You didn't mention what else you are running like additional hard drives or DVD / CD drives. It's a good, dependable power supply, so it may be all you need. Personally, I would go a little bigger.
1717065
This will work perfectly for that application, I did the exact same thing. the device will have a current draw, which will demand less than 1.6 amps, but the power pack will not "force" current. current is drawn, and current draw is determined by the circuit. You are fine.
885228
yes it works as advertised, the power supply that came with mine quit, after only using it a short time, took it apart, it had very poor quality in the manufacturing , am using a old laptop power supply to replace it.
2167546
Hm. First, what does your laptop say for dc voltage in and amps? Second, measure the hole where this plugs into and see how big it is
2114949
Don't think it has enough power. Apparently needs 170W (8.5A x 20V), but my Lenovo adapter only rated for 120W.
2220381
Dear Demetre,I am the kind of guy who keeps useful extra items. The darn hub didn't work when it came. I read someone's comment that the power adapter was too small, so I looked in my stash of power packs [some people call them "Wall Warts!"] and found one rated 5V 1Amp. Since then, it has worked, but it's junky - the sockets do not fit smoothly. I notice that everyone else is using 3 - 5 Amps. The item they sent to me was tiny and it was much weaker than my 1 Amp unit.
2196575
I have not, but I can tell you this device has saved my computer more often then I expected to have the need!! Its a solid device, I dont see why it would fail if you plug in more power, I have every plug filled except 1. Best of luck!!
1799008
My computer uses a "Logisys 350W Micro ATX Power Supply" only 20 bucks on OUTLETPC.com, but they take about 2 weeks to get it to ya. it is also MICRO, so it may have trouble mounting it to your case if its rly big.
277829
The charge should hold, can't really say for sure because I use mine often. Just remember to unplug the wire when youre not using it so that the powerbot doesnt think it's charging a device.
1380265
I'm using this with a power strip more than 6 months and it's working well. Just be careful with the total of watts.
518752
To run what? Not sure how to answer. This is a great basic no frills power supply and has a great track record. Assuming it is still being built with quality components - generally speaking it has enough power to run a medium to just above (moderate graphics) class desktop. It has enough combined power on the dual 12v rails to power a decent graphics card - not a high performance one. It will not be enough for power users (heavy gamers, heavy 3D, etc.)