Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:13:40 +0800
From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Car power adapter


>Oh.. the reason I was getting buzzing through the line output was because the 
>converter I got from Circuit City converted 12v to 110AC. I had to plug the Libretto 
>AC power converter into that converter to power the Libretto, and I was told that the 
>noise was created in the interaction between the two.

I'm in Australia so I've got no idea what the equivalent stores in the US would be but 
Jaycar Electronics here sells a DC to DC switchmode power supply designed for running 
laptops off a cigarette lighter. It can boost an input of between 12 volts and 15 
volts to a regulated 15 to 24(!) volt 3.5 amp supply (without going from DC to AC and 
back again). That'd be more than enough for the libby (the libby's own switchmode 
supply is only rated at 2 amps). It sells for $90AUD (about $45USD I'd say). 
Unfortunately, the catalogue I've got doesn't mention a brand name ... it looks a lot 
like a slightly bigger version of those normal cigarette lighter adapters though - 
like the ones for CD players and the like (except those normally only convert voltage 
down from 12 volts where this one converts up). 

Oh ya, and your buzzing is probably because your inverter creates a modified sinewave 
(really just 2 or more square waves put together) which the switchmode supply for the 
libby won't like. 

- Raymond




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