Someone can recognize this AC powerbrik outlet?

[omakehell]

So, recently i bought a Samsung monitor, and came with a super weird ac powerbrick.

I've searched around, and i couldn't find anything related to this type of connexion.

At first i tought it was an american or GB type, but the conversor doesent fit...

Someone can enlighten me? i'm super curious!

 

Thanks!

[Mira Yurizaki]

It looks like a NEMA 120V/20A plug (example https://www.amazon.com/Household-Assembly-12-Directions-Rotatable-Connector/dp/B07T6XNYJG), but that would make absolutely zero sense.

[mariushm]

Makes me think of NEMA 5-20P ,, but some variant without earthing pin?

 

See  https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/tripp-lite/P049-010/TL473-ND/4429225

 

or Q-716 Qualtek | Connectors, Interconnects | DigiKey

[Letgomyleghoe]

25 minutes ago, Zaphryx said:

I'm not sure of the name, but that is a 20 amp outlet, actually a North American one, commonly.

i have never seen anything like this except for on ovens and dryers and some other appliances, but they usually have a ground pin

[Mira Yurizaki]

@omakehell Can you take a picture of the text on the power brick? Also what's the model of the monitor?

 

If anything, you can probably contact Samsung and go "wtf" or get a converter plug.

[RasmusDC]

sure it is not the converter basis, so there is a converter in the pack, where you can convert it to other standards?

[Slayerking92]

Male

[Bombastinator]

4 hours ago, Zaphryx said:

I'm not sure of the name, but that is a 20 amp outlet, actually a North American one, commonly.

It’s got the bottom pin missing though.

[Bombastinator]

27 minutes ago, Caroline said:

Are you assuming its gender? How dare you.

 

20A, how much power does this monitor use?

Would you accept “presenting as male”?

[Kisai]

4 hours ago, omakehell said:

So, recently i bought a Samsung monitor, and came with a super weird ac powerbrick.

I've searched around, and i couldn't find anything related to this type of connexion.

At first i tought it was an american or GB type, but the conversor doesent fit...

Someone can enlighten me? i'm super curious!

 

Thanks!

 

If you bought it this way, check the box, those pins might actually come off and another pin plate might be in the box. Otherwise, I'm going to assume you got it off eBay from a seller in another country and the seller forgot to mention this.

 

It almost looks like a NEMA 5-20, but the ground pin is wrong, even though it's missing. So something is not correct here.

 

[Roswell]

I have a feeling that the monitor is just an industrial model expected to be used in an environment that has 20a sockets.

[omakehell]

i got it from amazon (spain) and it should come with an standard eur plug, this was the second i bought of the same model, and the first one came perfectly normal, which is weird as hell.

[omakehell]

5 hours ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

@omakehell Can you take a picture of the text on the power brick? Also what's the model of the monitor?

 

If anything, you can probably contact Samsung and go "wtf" or get a converter plug.

the monitor i bought is this one: https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B07CTHWKQC

an d a closeup of the description of the plug

 

[mariushm]

Either way ... just look at the label and note the voltage and the current (ex 12v 1A) .... go and buy a wallwart with same output voltage and current, and connect the cable from the old adapter to the new one keeping in mind the polarity (a wire will have a mark on it, that would be the negative ... connect negative to negative and positive to positive.

 

Alternatively, just buy a computer power cable and cut the end that plugs in the power supply. Remove those metal bits if they're removable, crack open the case of the adapter, connect the wires from the power supply cable to the wires that go to those metal bits , use some electrical tape to insulate everything, then put the case back together and wrap in electrical tape.

 

 

[omakehell]

this is the wording on the carger that came OK ( the first screen i bought)

[omakehell]

@mariushm i've got an european charger from ebay, kinda sketchy, but it's better than nothing. what bugs me is that there's no info regarding this plug, never saw it, at least not in europe or US (consumer-wise, at least)

[omakehell]

2 minutes ago, Caroline said:

What? You can't be serious, that's beyond ghetto even for me

 

You only need the female

https://www.amazon.es/YuaDon-NEMA-5-20P-Enchufe-certificación/dp/B01MU6WIRK?th=1

 

Cable and a male europlug or schuko

that's smart.  NEMA 5p is the plug's name?

[omakehell]

5 minutes ago, Caroline said:

What? You can't be serious, that's beyond ghetto even for me

 

You only need the female

https://www.amazon.es/YuaDon-NEMA-5-20P-Enchufe-certificación/dp/B01MU6WIRK?th=1

 

Cable and a male europlug or schuko

would that do the trick?

https://www.ebay.es/itm/Samsung-A5919-KPNL-BN44-00887D-Power-AC-Adapter-charger-EU-19-0V-3-10A/264566255430?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D610590e3ec1c421380844e81cedb98aa%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D192886751196%26itm%3D264566255430%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Af09612b0-3279-11ea-9bdc-74dbd1804474|parentrq%3A87c7663b16f0aa66c6b93080ff9aadff|iid%3A1

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, omakehell said:

would that do the trick?

https://www.ebay.es/itm/Samsung-A5919-KPNL-BN44-00887D-Power-AC-Adapter-charger-EU-19-0V-3-10A/264566255430?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D610590e3ec1c421380844e81cedb98aa%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D192886751196%26itm%3D264566255430%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Af09612b0-3279-11ea-9bdc-74dbd1804474|parentrq%3A87c7663b16f0aa66c6b93080ff9aadff|iid%3A1

That looks like a more proper power adapter, but a converter may be cheaper.

[mariushm]

@Caroline  I would not  pay 18 euro for a plug.

 

You can buy a whole adapter for that much.

 

Here's an example : Long farnell Spain link

 

An exact link : https://es.farnell.com/xp-power/vec65us19/adaptador-ac-dc-19-v-3-42-a/dp/2524411

 

The adapter from Samsung may use a weird plug, these use standard 2.5 ID 5.5 mm OD that's why I said you may have to cut the connector and connect the adapter from the other adapter to it.

 

As for mains cable hack which would be cheaper, as a mains cable will often be below 10 euro, for example : https://www.amazon.es/Value-Power-Angled-Connector-acoplador/dp/B000KTQI5M/

 

If the prongs are removable, then most often there's a couple of wires that go to the metal bits to which you connect the removable prongs.  You can simply open the case and cut the wires (or desolder) from those metal bits, and connect the wires to the power cable wires. I would solder them, but twisting the wires and using electrical tape would be safe enough. Normally I would solder  and use heatshrink material over the point where I soldered the wires, for extra insulation.

As the metal bits are no longer connected inside to anything, only the power cable cord comes out the adapter, so it's safe.

He can use electrical tape to keep the case of the adapter closed, as they're usually ultrasonically welded or glued, there's no screwed, so once the case is opened, it's hard to keep close.

 

[mariushm]

Just now, Caroline said:

who buys a plug on amazon though (americans?) it should be cheaper at a real store

Why would a real store in SPAIN stock a non-standard US plug?  Classic US socket / plug, I'd understand ... but 20A version... why would they stock...

 

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, Caroline said:

Apparently 5-20C is the female

And the male euro for the other end

You plug the brick into the female end, male into a outlet and that's it.

I'm sure it would be way cheaper than getting a whole new brick, not hard to do it btw just be sure to respect polarity

 

It’s not nema.  The blades are reversed and the missing ground is the wrong shape.  I don’t know what the heck it is but it’s not a US plug

Edited January 9, 2020 by Bombastinator
Ihateautocorrect

[omakehell]

8 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

It’s not nema.  The blades are reversed and the missing ground is the wrong shape.  I don’t know what the heck it is but it’s not a US plug

so not nema neither? that makes Caroline's plan to get the conversor awry.

 

[Bombastinator]

18 minutes ago, omakehell said:

so not nema neither? that makes Caroline's plan to get the conversor awry.

 

My guess is the plug is rare, non US, and extremely hard to get a converter for.  The size of the thing says there’s some sort of power conversion going on inside it.  The device itself is probably pretty standard though.

 

IMHO The best thing to do is return it for a refund as the seller was not forthright about the useless power adaptor.  Very shady.  A bad review would be totally appropriate.  This may not be an option though.

 

If the thing must be used for whatever reason, my move would be to Find out what kind of power the device (not the plug) actually takes, (ac/dc, Voltage, hz, etc..) cut the plug off the cord and throw it away then wire a plug onto it that does have the specs for the machine it powers and convert from that.

[IntMD]

Unless it says anywhere it comes with a weird power adapter on the page you bought it from, then If you bought it from Amazon directly, then contact Amazon and say WTF is the plug that you've sent with this, and to send you the correct power adapter for your country, if you bought it from a marketplace seller on Amazon, then contact them and say WTF is this plug and to send you the correct one.