Power Brick

Parts information

See the below for a quick overview of the naming and ID information of this part.

Part name: Power brick; GST60A18-P1J

Parts ID: WVOAE2

Product link: Mean Well GST60A18-P1J

Parts Description

When creating an active speaker, it will need power. For this project we have settled on a barrel styled power plug. These type of power supplies readable available are relatively inexpensive, but not any old power supply will do. There’s are few requirements that is required to be met. Please see the tables below for further details.

Electrical requirements for the power brick

Mains range	Output Voltage	Output Wattage
100V - 240V	18V	60W

Physical requirements

Plug type	Plug dimensions	Cable length
Barrel, male	5,5mm x 2,1mm	>=1,5m

Sourcing requirements

Warning

When sourcing a power brick (power supply), it is really important that set power supply is CE approved, as well as RoHS compliant. Therefore only approved power supplies must be used and supplied to the end customer.

Currently the only approved power supply is this one from Mean Well: GST60A18-P1J.