Oudie starved for power

Think you need to get the V7 checked out as I've run an Oudie from both a
V7 and an S80, both varios supply enough power to charge the Oudie without
problem.

John

At 16:14 19 February 2017, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:
Help!

I run my Oudie from my V7 so that it gets all the flarm data from my
Flarm
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Core. Unfortunately it tends to run out of battery power towards the end
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f the flight, even though the V7 is supplying juice.

I measure the current draw of the Oudie in this setup and it came in
around=
160ma. I then plugged it into the Colibri II connection I have a s a
GPS
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backup, and it then drew 360ma. The red charging light also came on. I
mo=
ved it back to the V7 and the charging light went back to green and
current=
again dropped to 160ma.

Conclusion: V7 output is current limited and starving the Oudie in
flight.

Solution: so what I need is power from the Colibri II power supply, but
da=
ta from the V7. Anyone ever done this? I could make some funky splitter
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ble, but I am worried about ground loops between the V7 and the Colibri
II
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power supply.

Any suggestions or experience solving this problem?

Thanks,

Matt