Hi all,
don't have much of an electronics background, but have a project at work that I would like to simplify.
We have various reference cameras on our stage, and instead of running long HDMI cables back to the recorder we are using these nifty HDMI over Ethernet converter/extenders:
http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Ethernet-Extender-Cat5e-Cable/dp/B007YIV1DQ
So from various points on our stage, we have a power cable running some 50 feet to a power strip, into which our camera and this extender are plugged. We also have a 50 foot ethernet cable running to the extender.
In order to minimize mess, we'd like to do away with the power cable. The cameras have their own battery and have decent life ( we can always purchase more batteries - they're just off-the-shelf Canon cameras).
That leaves the extender.
I'm wondering if we can't power that with a bunch of AA batteries or something. I have no idea how much power they draw (I can't imagine it's much?), but I noted some numbers on the back of the transformer:
100-200 V
50/60 Hz
Ouput 5V
2000 mA
I have no idea what any of that really means ... but what I really need to know is, "Is there some battery pack thingy that I could plug four double-A rechargeable batteries into that can power these extenders?"
don't have much of an electronics background, but have a project at work that I would like to simplify.
We have various reference cameras on our stage, and instead of running long HDMI cables back to the recorder we are using these nifty HDMI over Ethernet converter/extenders:
http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Ethernet-Extender-Cat5e-Cable/dp/B007YIV1DQ
So from various points on our stage, we have a power cable running some 50 feet to a power strip, into which our camera and this extender are plugged. We also have a 50 foot ethernet cable running to the extender.
In order to minimize mess, we'd like to do away with the power cable. The cameras have their own battery and have decent life ( we can always purchase more batteries - they're just off-the-shelf Canon cameras).
That leaves the extender.
I'm wondering if we can't power that with a bunch of AA batteries or something. I have no idea how much power they draw (I can't imagine it's much?), but I noted some numbers on the back of the transformer:
100-200 V
50/60 Hz
Ouput 5V
2000 mA
I have no idea what any of that really means ... but what I really need to know is, "Is there some battery pack thingy that I could plug four double-A rechargeable batteries into that can power these extenders?"