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I am about to leave on a 4 day trip from Florida to Banff National Park and I have been getting RV ready for last 4 weeks. I used to full time in it but have been in brick house for last 2.5 years. ...
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Bumpyroad wrote:Tom_M wrote:wnjj wrote:If it's this one:Bumpyroad wrote:
I just got from Amazon a USB male connector to a cigarette lighter female connector. $9.99. suspect it will only be 5 volts however?????????????
bumpy
It says it's 12V and can't imagine it not being so. There are devices that make 12V from 5V. It likely won't produce much current at 12V though.
https://www.amazon.com/ARECORD-Cigarette-Lighter-Socket-Converter/dp/B01J67JIOQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1531343402&sr=8-3&keywords=usb+to+12+volt&dpID=41EdLN%252B-2yL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
Specs say "Output:12V 0.8A Max".
that is the one but I thought those USB outlets were 5 volt?
bumpy
USB is 5V but as I said above, there are devices (IC's) that convert 5V to 12V. The IC's I work with regularly have onboard circuitry that generate +8.5V and -8.5V from a 1.2V supply.
