Bodging the power cable on the XL-H1 at DVinfo.net

Ed Moore · August 19th, 2008, 06:50 AM

Hiya,

I have managed to end up with a spare mains power lead for my H1 - the one that goes from the charger to the battery plate on the camera.

Does anyone know if I'd be fine cutting off the charger-end connector and replacing it with a 4 pin XLR and therefore being able to power the camera from standard professional camera PSUs?

I have the V-mount plate which has a canon battery plate as its power "output" connector so I assume it's just a case of giving +12V to one connector, 0V to the other.

Your help and experience appreciated!

Ed

Nick Hiltgen · August 20th, 2008, 08:39 AM

I think you could totally do that, but I think you'd run the very real risk of frying the camera. I'm pretty sure the batteries are 7.2v so if you hook a 12v up to it I think that maybe you will blow a fuse or perhaps burn out the whole board. But mayeb everything would work fine, however I would be very careful about it.

Daniel Epstein · August 21st, 2008, 07:16 AM

You definitely would fry the camera. You have to drop the voltage down to the proper range. Depending on your electronic skills this is not so hard to do but it doesn't sound like you have them already.

August 19th, 2008, 06:50 AM	#1
Ed Moore Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 35	Bodging the power cable on the XL-H1 Hiya, I have managed to end up with a spare mains power lead for my H1 - the one that goes from the charger to the battery plate on the camera. Does anyone know if I'd be fine cutting off the charger-end connector and replacing it with a 4 pin XLR and therefore being able to power the camera from standard professional camera PSUs? I have the V-mount plate which has a canon battery plate as its power "output" connector so I assume it's just a case of giving +12V to one connector, 0V to the other. Your help and experience appreciated! Ed __________________ - Ed Moore DP

August 20th, 2008, 08:39 AM	#2
Nick Hiltgen Trustee Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,427	I think you could totally do that, but I think you'd run the very real risk of frying the camera. I'm pretty sure the batteries are 7.2v so if you hook a 12v up to it I think that maybe you will blow a fuse or perhaps burn out the whole board. But mayeb everything would work fine, however I would be very careful about it. __________________ I have a dream that one day canon will release a 35mm ef to xl adapter and I'll have iris control and a 35mm dof of all my ef lenses, and it will be awesome...

August 21st, 2008, 07:16 AM	#3
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	You definitely would fry the camera. You have to drop the voltage down to the proper range. Depending on your electronic skills this is not so hard to do but it doesn't sound like you have them already.