Re: Pi power

From	TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject	Re: Pi power
Date	2021-01-06 16:14 +0000
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On 06 Jan 2021 at 16:05:39 GMT, Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid>
wrote:

> On Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:17:59 +0000, TimS wrote:
> 
>>  On 06 Jan 2021 at 14:41:25 GMT, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
>>  
>>>  TimS wrote:
>>>  
>>>>   Andy Burns wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>>   Wouldn't be the biggest surprise in the world if the a cheap switch
>>>>>   box just commoned all the 5V pins together
>>>>   
>>>>   Are these 5V signal or power?
>>>  
>>>  Power, but only 55mA
>>  
>>  Not enough to run a Pi, then, I imagine, but enough to flutter the Pi's
>>  red/green LEDs.
> 
> The red LED just shows that power is on - nothing more. 
> 
> The yellow and green ones show whether the Pi is active: stop a running 
> Pi with the 'sudo stop' command and all the LEDs go out apart from the 
> red one, which stays on until you switch off or unplug the wall rat.

Thanks - that's useful to know.

> That you don't know that shows that you usually stop your Pis by powering 
> them off.

No "usually" about it. This is my first Pi and it was unboxed approx 24 hrs
ago.

> Not a good idea because it can corrupt the SD card - and Murphy 
> says that you WILL soon or later power it off while the SD card is in the 
> middle of wear balancing - this will cause unrecoverable errors.

Roger that, Houston.

-- 
Tim

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Pi power Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-05 22:54 +0000
  Re: Pi power Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-01-05 23:16 +0000
    Re: Pi power "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-05 19:59 -0500
      Re: Pi power A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2021-01-06 07:31 +0000
        Re: Pi power "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2021-01-06 08:18 -0500
        Re: Pi power jornws200602@xs4all.nl (Oscar) - 2021-01-06 14:02 +0000
    Re: Pi power mjb@signal11.invalid (Mike) - 2021-01-06 09:44 +0000
      Re: Pi power Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-06 10:31 +0000
        Re: Pi power Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-06 10:44 +0000
          Re: Pi power Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-01-06 11:03 +0000
      Re: Pi power Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-06 10:32 +0000
        Re: Pi power Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-01-06 10:57 +0000
          Re: Pi power TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-06 11:44 +0000
            Re: Pi power Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-01-06 12:10 +0000
              Re: Pi power TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-06 13:25 +0000
                Re: Pi power Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-01-06 14:41 +0000
                Re: Pi power TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-06 15:17 +0000
                Re: Pi power Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-06 16:05 +0000
                Re: Pi power TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-06 16:14 +0000
        Re: Pi power A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2021-01-06 12:02 +0000
      Re: Pi power Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-01-06 10:55 +0000
        Re: Pi power Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-06 11:19 +0000
          Re: Pi power Axel Berger <Spam@Berger-Odenthal.De> - 2021-01-06 13:13 +0100
            Re: Pi power Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-06 12:47 +0000
              Re: Pi power Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-01-06 20:20 +0000
                Re: Pi power druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2021-01-06 20:43 +0000
              Re: Pi power Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-06 23:08 +0000
                Re: Pi power Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-07 07:40 +0000
                Re: Pi power Axel Berger <Spam@Berger-Odenthal.De> - 2021-01-07 09:08 +0100
                Re: Pi power John Aldridge <jpsa@cantab.net> - 2021-01-07 09:20 +0000
                Re: Pi power The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-07 08:16 +0000
                Re: Pi power druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2021-01-07 09:53 +0000
                Re: Pi power Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-07 12:40 +0000
                Re: Pi power Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-01-07 19:29 +0000
                Re: Pi power David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2021-01-07 21:05 +0000
          Re: Pi power Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-06 12:39 +0000
            Re: Pi power Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-06 17:04 +0000
              Re: Pi power Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2021-01-06 18:02 +0000
          Re: Pi power Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2021-01-06 16:41 +0000
            Re: Pi power Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-06 17:04 +0000
              Re: Pi power druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2021-01-06 18:50 +0000
                Re: Pi power Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-06 20:39 +0000
            Re: Pi power TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-06 18:58 +0000
  Re: Pi power Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-01-08 22:33 -0500
    Re: Pi power Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-01-09 12:03 +0200

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