SmallHD D-Tap Solution

[Allen Deckard]

Hello,

looking for suggestions to power a SmallHD screen via D-tap using a faux LP-E6 or Sony L-Series battery adapter.

SmallHD themselves offers a d-tap adapter, but it got some bad reviews. WC offers one, at 4x times the price :-|


Looking to see if anybody can recommend another option that has proven to be reliable in the field ?

Thx
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[Bob Gundu]

I find they all fail eventually. Now I just buy a few cheap ones and always have a spare handy.

 

[Chris Kennedy]

There’s an Atomos one I’ve been using for years, no issues so far

 

[Allen Deckard]

There’s an Atomos one I’ve been using for years, no issues so far

Chris, would you happen to have a link ? I can't find it on their website.

 

[Chris Kennedy]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...MDTP001_SPARE_DTAP_DUMMY_BATTERY.html/reviews

It does say it’s for “Atomos devices only” but I’ve had it work with a few other devices, so use at your own risk.

 

[Christopher S Johnson]

https://rencherindustries.com/products/breakerbatt?variant=20528865050727

These things are great, but I haven't seen one in stock for a while. It's got a very useful 2 pin lemo pass through.

 

[Allen Deckard]

https://rencherindustries.com/products/breakerbatt?variant=20528865050727

These things are great, but I haven't seen one in stock for a while. It's got a very useful 2 pin lemo pass through.

thanks for sharing, these look great, but out of stock... emailed them, no ETA yet on restock

 

[Wes Van Heest]

I use two of the smallHD ones- the dummy battery isn't the part that fails its the cable. I had one go out on me for no reason, smallHD has good customer service and sent me a replacement with haste.

I'd buy two from smallHD and call it a day with a backup. They also sell a 2pin lemo dummy battery for a considerable price increase. I use the barrel tap one on my smallHD 502 on camera and another on the 702 bright in a monitor cage with a teradek.