{"id":35266,"date":"2018-12-21T08:13:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T12:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35266"},"modified":"2018-12-21T08:13:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T12:13:46","slug":"an-external-battery-pack-for-the-sony-icf-sw35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/an-external-battery-pack-for-the-sony-icf-sw35\/","title":{"rendered":"An external battery pack for the Sony ICF-SW35?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Adam, who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas I enjoy reading your blog and often when I put a question in Google yours is the first on the list so I wonder if you’d mind if I ask you a question about the Sony SW35.<\/p>\n

I’m interested to try powering it from a power bank but I have no idea what DC plug to buy for it as I bought it second-hand without an adaptor.<\/p>\n

I thought about taking a couple of wires out of the battery compartment but it wouldn’t look as nice so any help you could give me would be much appreciated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great question, Adam! <\/span><\/p>\n

You can certainly find a DC plug that will work with the ICF-SW35. I believe this same plug was used with a number of Sony Walkman type players back in the day. You might be able to find one at the local charity\/thrift shop in their power cord jumble.<\/p>\n

\"DC<\/a>I do know that the coaxial type plug needs to have positive tip polarity (click here to read about this in the owner’s manual<\/a>) and the radio requires 4.5 VDC . The OEM power adapter (Model AC-E45HG<\/a>) provided 700 mAh, but I don’t know what the ‘SW35 actually requires (other than something equal to or less than 700 mAh).<\/p>\n

One option would be to find a 12VDC to 4.5 VDC converter like the Sony\u00a0DCC-E345<\/a> and plug it into a 12VDC source (there are a number of high capacity 12V battery packs on the market).<\/p>\n

Of course, you could also build your own external source by purchasing an appropriately sized external battery holder. I would use a D cell holder (I assume one to hold 3 cells at 1.5VDC x 3 = 4.5 VDC) which would provide much better capacity than a AA cell holder. (Something like this.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I haven’t been able to determine the +\/- voltage tolerance of the ICF-SW35, so I would keep the supply voltage figure at or below 4.5 volts.<\/p>\n

One crucial number I’m missing is the coaxial plug size. I can’t seem to find a spec for OEM Sony\u00a0AC-E45HG<\/a>. I hope a reader might be able to help us here.<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> Can anyone confirm the DC plug size for the Sony ICF-SW35?\u00a0 If you have any other advice or tips for Adam, please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adam, who writes: Hi Thomas I enjoy reading your blog and often when I put a question in Google yours is the first on the list so I wonder if you’d mind if I ask you a question about the Sony SW35. I’m interested to try powering it from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4199,627,3,139,43],"tags":[7476,6734,495,6733],"class_list":["post-35266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-how-to","category-news","category-radio-modifications","category-shortwave-radio","tag-external-battery-packs","tag-icf-sw35","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-sw35"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9aO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30282,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/rolfs-sony-icf-sw35-mod-removes-the-beep-sound\/","url_meta":{"origin":35266,"position":0},"title":"Rolf’s Sony ICF-SW35 mod removes the beep sound","author":"Thomas","date":"January 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who shares the following modification for the Sony ICF-SW35. 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