I plugged the wrong cable.

[bluealmond]

Hi all,
While doing some maintenance I I plugged the routers cable to the DVR and now the DVR won't start, i know i know, stupid me.

The thing I plugged was a 24 volt adapted to a hikvision DVR (ds-7208hghi-f1),

What i want to know is if I fried everything? are there pieces i can try to replace, do you think the hard drive is fried too?

when i plug the original cable to the DVR i can see a red light inside it, but besides that i see nothing else.

 

[biggen]

Whats the voltage input for the DVR compared to the router? Are both center pin positive on the barrel connector?

Found the specs for the DVR. Yeah its 12V and you gave it 24V. It probably not a good thing. Maybe someone else has a suggestion...

 

[bluealmond]

the router is 12v indeed, and plugged a 24 volt.
i take it back, the power light blinks too and the red light inside.

i can get a replacement, but want to know if the HD is fried too which would suck.

 

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I guess I'm confused. You said in the first post you plugged the router's power cord in to the DVR. The DVR according to the specs is 12V. So what is the router? 12V too?

 

[bluealmond]

I guess I'm confused. You said in the first post you plugged the router's power cord (12v) in to the DVR (which is also 12V)?

sorry, i think i misswrote, i plugged a 24volt router cable to the 12 volt DVR.

 

[biggen]

sorry, i think i misswrote, i plugged a 24volt router cable to the 12 volt DVR.

Ok. Yeah I wonder if its fuse or breaker protected on the inside.

 

[bluealmond]

I forgot to update this thread. this killed the hard drive, but the DVR was fine for a couple of months and then it died on me.

 

[sebastiantombs]

I label every cable, network, power, USB, phone, whatever. Cheap insurance and makes it so easy to trouble shoot.