I'm looking for a flash drive hub that is 110v powered.
I'm told there is such a device. Can you help??

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I'm looking for a flash drive hub that is 110v powered. 
I'm told there is such a device.  Can you help??

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When looking on Newegg or other places, search for "USB Hub Powered". Read the description, and make sure that a power adapter is included. Also check to see if you need a USB version 2.0 or 3.0 Hub. The USB 2.0 will be slower when you are using USB 3.0 devices like flash drives or portable hard disk drives. The reason you won't find a USB Hub directly powered by 110 VAC, is that 110 VAC directly wired to the Hub would be too dangerous for the customer/End User. Therefore you look for a "Powered Hub" which will have a power supply brick that plugs into 110 VAC, but it steps the voltage down to 5 VDC before it sends the wire up to the  USB Hub/devices. Hope this helps answer your question.

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