Need vendor referral for this style of barrel plug.
Very hard to find these with THREE (3) contact sections on the plug!
(Sites are saturated with offers for just the 2-conductor version)
3.5mm x 1.35mm, 90º, barrel plug with “pigtail” leads, or just terminal lugs.
Preferably with O-ring seal on plug body.
Commonly found on newer versions of RING 3rd Generation Stick Up Cam power supply wall transformers. RING does NOT sell just these plug ends. Too expensive to buy a power supply transformer unit, just to cut off the last foot of cable, to get the plug!
Anybody definitely know of a stocking distributor for these?
Thanks.
But this alternative is about twice as long as the overall length of the 90º plug the fits into my cameras. I’ve no molding-machining capabilities to fabricate a sealing end boot for this plug, unfortunately, …. unless some premade 90º boot can be had under a different part # ? (Probably even a slimmer chance of that !)
I’d just use that, leaving it jutting out if need be and put hot glue everywhere beyond its insertion’s point-of-depth
Wire barrel → Place barrel into cam → Hot glue external area/half → let cool for a long time… → spin barrel to break/release glue from cam housing → bingo?
That’s a weird one, I’m sympathetic. I’d start with some scrap 1/8"/3.5 mm headset/phone TRRS/TRS and try to make a socket cup in the the tip. Some donors will be better suited than others and none will be easy.
What does the third sensor-status contact do on these cams?
Can you post an example of one that IS available, even if too expensive?
Plug end of RING security camera power supply wall transformer
I don’t know what type of voltage or signal is traveling along that sensor-status wire. It’s generally a “signal” telling the camera that its getting external power and does not need to draw on its battery.
And without that 3rd wire signal, the camera reports a variety of power "problem” error messages, even though its getting a solid 5VDC from an aftermarket generic 2-wire power transformer !
“Supposedly” this 3-conductor power supply barrel plug IS used in the industry, for video cameras, of various makes. Not proprietary, just characterized as “rare” !?
It seems like a lot of effort before you even know the plug function. Suppose it was for a remote thermometer or heater option that never made it out of Ring R&D? Every other device I can think of is able to detect conventional power presence by voltage detect or a plug socket closure, etc.
That’s why I asked for an example of one that’s commercially available.
