Just bought an SCB4000 but no power supply!

[jonathancd]

Hello,

I am looking forward to entering the video astronomy and have just bough an SCB4000. The version I have did not come with a power supply and I am having troublye trying to find one. It does not have a normal powerinput but looks like you need to attach to bare wires into a slot. Also I cannot see which slot is positive or negative:icon_scratch:.

Ideally I would like to have the option of running it off the mains and 12v jumpstarter. I would be grateful for any advice about how and where to get a suitable supply and about how to connect the wires.

thanks for your help

Jonathan

[Ben Ritchie]

Have a look at my "what else do I need to buy?" thread on the social group, but in short I ordered one of these

12V VOLT 1 AMP DC POWER ADAPTER SUPPLY CCTV SECURITY | eBay

and one of these

2.1mm Jack & Socket Power Plugs for RG59+2 CCTV Cable | eBay

then spliced from the adapter to the terminals on the camera. Works fine.

[Rusty Strings]

The power terminals are not polarity sensitive, just hook up 12V and the camera sorts it out.

[jonathancd]

Very helpful thanks. I have a spare 12v supply so I will order just the plugs. how do they connect to the camera though do they need wires or is there a way of connecting directly?

thanks again

Jonathan

[Ben Ritchie]

I just used two short lengths of wire scavenged from an old power cable to go from the plugs to the camera and bound them with electrical tape. Not the most elegant solution, but works fine.

[garethmob]

i was lucky with my 2000 (it being the ntsc version) it came with a powersupply, but that had a american plug one end and 2 bare wires which i had to "screw" into the slots (very much like the way a plug is wired) it dosent matter which one, but one thing to remember, it is designed as a CCTV camera which dosent move at all after being installed so tape the cables back up so no bare wire is showing!

[jonathancd]

Thanks for all the advice looking forward to getting started.

Jonathan