The indoor HUB device that controls your weather station must be plugged in, although it consumes very little power. The HUB is delivered with a standard USB 2.0 A-Male to Micro B cable. You will need to supply the USB wall charger (AKA: power supply, the thing you pull into the wall). Please ensur…

Hi @WFmarketing [image] WFmarketing: Please ensure that your USB wall charger supports at 1.0 amps or higher to function properly. I have tested the amps required to supply the hub during normal use (Air and Sky, Non power save mode) on wifi without a bluetooth connection. My hub used 24mAh…

Brief reply from our electrical engineering staff: Average power draw is 0.5 watts So, figure 0.6 watts from the wall assuming the usb power supply is 85% efficient

I hate to ask, but what peak do you need to have for bootup, setup, reacquiring wifi, etc. ???

[image] WFmarketing: Average power draw is 0.5 watts Good Everyone is in the same ball park then. Watts/Volts=Amps, WF: 0.5Watts/5Volts=0.1Amps or 100mA My test: 24mA Garys maximum: 153mA All well below 1 Amp. cheers Ian :slight_smile:

USB wall charger for HUB

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GaryFunk January 24, 2019, 8:03pm 7

In case anyone is interested in a real-time measurement.

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