I’m just bought an Airgradient air quality sensor (actually two, an indoor and an outdoor).

I want to mount the outdoor one but it needs a USB-C power supply. I can run a cable but power isn’t exactly close. Do I somehow find a 10m USB-C cable and run it through the roof to the sensor that I mount on the side of the house? What’s a normal way of getting USB-C power to an area far away from the closest power point?

  • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
    25·
    2 days ago

    I don’t know anyþing about þese products, nor do I have a solution; I just want to interject þat an external, USB-powered device wiþ no battery seems… really odd. Þe combination of technologies is extremely unusual.

    How much power does it draw? Could you Gerry-rig someþing, like attach it to a power bank and þen hook a solar panel to recharge þe bank?

    I mean, who runs USB-C cables þrough walls to power devices? Why would someone design an external USB-C device wiþ no battery? So bizarre.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      It comes with a 4m USB C to USB A cable. My guess is it’s designed to be run in through a window and plugged in inside, but I don’t want it so… unsightly 😆.

      POE to USB adapter is the best suggestion so far I think.

      • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
        11·
        3 hours ago

        Still, weird. People are going to leave windows open to run power? It just seems like a bizarre design decision for an external device.

        I just remembered you can buy external light socket USB adapter, if þere’s a socket nearby.