Cradlepoint 350 + Black & Decker's Power to Go

stufried · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 12

I've been running my Cradlepoint 350 for much of the day with a Black & Decker Power to Go:

(http://www.blackanddecker.com/productguide/product-details.aspx?productid=17894)

and it has worked well. The inefficiency is that I am currently outputting to the 110VDC. I noticed that the USB port on the BD is 5V DC/350ma's which is a dead match for the specs on the Cradlepoint Power Supply.

Before I break out the soldering iron and wirecutters, I was wondering if anyone had an over the counter solution for this coming up with this cable? Thanks.

Hardware · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 116

I think you can get the tips for the wire at RadioShack.

I'd caution you on your power though, 350mA's is not the same as the CradlePoint spec.

Their input calls for 500mA at 100-240v and outputs 2.5A at 5v.

So the numbers you listed here are not going to be good enough. USB alone allows for 500mA in the spec and I remember reading somewhere around here that CradlePoint allows something like 750mA through the USB to charge devices that usually require the USB "Y" cables.