Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 20:07:46 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Auto Air Adapters
At 02:12 AM 7/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:04:36 >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Auto Air Adapters > > >>Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 09:37:33 +0800 >>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [LIB] Auto Air Adapters ... >>I've not had any problems with RF interference with THIS model yet, even when tuning >into really weak stations. It seems to power the libby well enough from the car's >cigarette lighter socket although when I try to run it off my (really weak) 1.5A >bench supply the voltage isn't terribly stable ... dunno why ... > >I have an empower version bought in the UK but it came in US packaging. It's 15v only >- with a soap-on-a-rope adaptor in line - and has a car power adaptor, and then an >adaptor from *that* to the in-flight connector. Oddly, the car adaptor is just too >small for my car (Fiat) power point, so I have to wedge it a bit :) Sometimes the >pretty green light goes out, but it still seems to work. I think this one is slightly different (its actually the PowerXTender emPower unit) ... there's a flylead going from whatever plugs into the laptop and ending in what looks just like an old AT keyboard plug (I actually managed to plug an AT keyboard into this thing, I'm not turning it on though!). That plugs into the main unit which has another flylead that terminates in an emPower aircraft in-seat power plug. It then comes with an adapter that you plug THAT into to plug it into an automobile cigarette socket. >btw - it's probably not stable on 1.5A power supply because the effective output >impedance is too high...1.5/12v equates to 1.2/15v and that's not really enough to >run the lib...plus switch modes don't like (usually) to run without a load, it upsets >their regulation. Well OK if I run it off the bench supply, with the libby connected and a voltmeter in parallel, the voltmeter stays solid but a few times a second it'll kick down to about 5 volts then back up ... its actually rock solid with no load. Its also rock solid with the libby connected when I plug it into the car cigarette lighter. According to an ammeter connected in series with the libby, when I was testing it I was drawing no more than 1.04 amps, on full power I've only ever managed to get it up to 1.1 amps or so ... Dunno why I wrote this, it doesn't ask any questions and it doesn't answer any but then again I've written it so what the heck ;-) - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
