Does EHD attached to a Wally require its own power?

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Does an external hard drive that is attached to a Wally require its own power? I found this blurb out on the net:

Requirements:
For an External Hard Drive to be compatible with a DISH HD receiver, it must meet the following requirements:

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• Have its own power supply
• Be between 50GB and 2TB in size
• Have a single disk drive (flash memory is not compatible)

Your DISH receiver must be one of the receiver models listed below. If you are not sure what receiver model you have, check the name on the front of your receiver or go to mydish.com/myequipment.

• Hopper 3
• Hopper w/ Sling
• Hopper
• Wally
• 922
• 722k
• 722
• 622
• 612
• 211z
• 211k
• 211

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But I can't find this stated on the Dish website ???? Every EHD I've owned over the past 10+ years gets its power thru the USB connection.

 

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While it may be able to handle an external hard drive, the extended power pull could damage the power supply of some receviers, therefore a powered external hard drive is recommended.

 

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I'm using this enclosure with my Wally and it works great, no external power needed.

Amazon product ASIN B08DCW7LHG
View: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DCW7LHG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

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But for how long?

If PS is a bit overstretched…

Cheap to use a powered unit or run thru a powered multi port. I do.

 

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dishdude said:

I'm using this enclosure with my Wally and it works great, no external power needed.

Amazon product ASIN B08DCW7LHG
View: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DCW7LHG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

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The DISH Outdoor site has this 1 TB Seagate on sale. I went on line and got my Uncle a Seagate 2 TB version couple of years ago.

DISH Outdoor TV | DISHForMyRV.com

dishoutdoors.com

 

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Maybe the Dish website should state that the EHD should have its own power supply:

MyDISH

my.dish.com

Also, this link makes it seem like it's OK to have an EHD using power thru the USB connection:

https://my.dish.com/support/products/receivers/hopper/how-to/receiver-to-ehd

 

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BarnRat said:

Does an external hard drive that is attached to a Wally require its own power? I found this blurb out on the net:



But I can't find this stated on the Dish website ???? Every EHD I've owned over the past 10+ years gets its power thru the USB connection.

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I have been using the WD My Book External Powered Hard Drive for my Wally and it has worked well for me for the past few years. It also works for my 211K but I lost all the recordings when it re formatted. I didn't have anything too important so I didn't mind.

 

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navychop said:

Cheap to use a powered unit or run thru a powered multi port. I do.

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I am going to use a powered USB multi-port hub. Thanks.

 

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