Datavideo TBC 3000 power supply, maintenance?
 

My datavideo tbc 3000 has been used for a month since it was originally bought. It’s been kept in someone’s home office that whole time and it’s never been shipped from person to person.
I was going to use the original power adapter but then I saw that it’s not the best for the unit because it doesn’t have enough amps and I should use.

TGrant replacement: http://www.tgrantphoto.com/sales/ind...put-12v-dc-15a

Is there anything anything else besides the power supply and the battery backup that I should get get to better maintain this TBC?

What exactly do you have currently?

TGrants information on DataVideo TBC power supplies is not accurate, and he's sent out no-name junk Chinese adapters in the past. FYI, that picture on his site is one of those junk adapters. That Chinese garbage injects noise into the signal, cyclical patterns, due to crap/nothing for shielding.

These are what DataVideo used:
- SCP57-91500, 9V 1.5A, center-positive (OEM supplied)
- SCP48-91200, 9V 1.2A, center-positive (OEM supplied)

But neither of those is readily available, and old if located.

These work well:
- Polaroid DSA-20R-12 FUS, 9V 2A, center-positive, 100-240V
- Amigo AM-91000, 9V 1A, center-positive

... but you must be careful, as those have multiple tip types/sizes, sometimes different polarities, and you don't want a faulty unit to zap the TBC.

The Polaroid/Amigo are mostly used by routers/switches, such as EnGenius and Linksys, that use 9V AC adapters. But again, multiple tips and even polarity type on those.

Never by a "for" adapter. As in, "for AM-91000" (eBay, Amazon, etc, even Newegg) is fake Chinese junk.

I usually have some extras, and you can PM me about it. Right now, I have 1 for TBC-3000. I generally keep a stash of 12V and 5V for the other TBCs, both negative and positive, both for myself and for others that contact me. Only a few items use 9V.

I don't want to see that TBC of yours get ruined! :eek:

I shouldn’t use the original adapter I have that came with the unit right?

This is it.

Anyways I’ll get the rest of everything in December then all finally start in January. I’ll read up more till then. Thank you.

There's no reason to attach a high res image (in a zip) of an AC adapter. Reattach to the post as an image I can quickly look at on my tablet.

Good point.

That's the OEM adapter. Use that. :)

:cool:Alright thanks.