Rxich
April 13, 2020, 5:17am
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My c4 hub draws about 700 mAh on startup, but I don't know what would happen if less were delivered at startup.
After startup the power draw is very small.
It's labeled 5 volts, 4 amps. The hubitat included power supply is 5 volts, 2 amps.
As long as you have a proper 18650 cell (no xxxfire cheapo cells) it shouldn't be a problem. I'm running a c5 and a c4 hub both off these devices using a genuine Panasonic 18650 for months now
So you did it now, made me curious. I powered the hub with wall wart, and checked power. During boot time the ~4.8v output spiked at 0.7amps and once booting was complete the power settled down to about 4.9v and 0.3 amp, …