Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 09:54:33 -0800 From: Skip Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Auto Air Adapters
> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:04:36 > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Auto Air Adapters > > > 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. > > It throws out RF but not enough to obscure - and as I tend to use it to > listen to MP3 on the move, it doesn't matter. I dunno if it works on planes, > I never get to sit in the expensive seats with power :) > > 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. I made an adaptor for my 100CT by cutting off the Lib power connector from a frayed Toshiba AC power adaptor ( PA2501U ), and soldering it to a car DC power connector from Radio Shack (which also came with a little ring for use on car power plugs that are larger than standard). I used it two weeks ago on an 11 hour flight to Japan. I obviously didn't have the equipment to measure the current, but the 12V plug on the AA 777 (which did not need the in-flight connector BTW) kept my 100 fully charged the entire flight. -- Dr. Everett (Skip) Carter Phone: 831-641-0645 FAX: 831-641-0647 Taygeta Scientific Inc. INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1340 Munras Ave., Suite 314 WWW: http://www.taygeta.com Monterey, CA. 93940 ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
