Yep. I've most recently run an FT-857D off the receptacle but at reduced power. Ran full power for a bit just to see what would happen but quickly backed off. Use a direct battery tap for serious work. 73.
On 8/22/2017 12:41 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > Yes I bet that most of us amateur radio people have cooked at least one cig > lighter receptacle, usually with a high power radio. I did one about a year > ago. > Forgot to move it over to a Anderson power pole I had installed and smoked > the receptacle. > > Sine wave good, square wave bad, way bad... Modified sine wave is still a > square wave, it just puts the transition off in time, but it is still ugly. > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:24 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Be careful drawing that much power out of a cigarette lighter. The >> connection will get hotter than a pistol! It is not meant to handle that >> much current for more than a minute or so at time. 3 or 4 amps is a good >> long term maximum, which is still 40 or 50 watts. Been there ... done >> that. -Dave. >> >> >> On 8/22/2017 12:25 AM, Tom wrote: >>> I solved this kind of portability, and more, by purchasing an inverter. >>> I find that way more universal than trying to get stuff working on >>> battery power with unstable voltage. True 110V socket in the car is >>> awesome for road and marine trips. The size of the inverter is about >>> 15x20x5cm. >>> If you chose to go this route, I would advice to get true sine wave >>> inverter. It costs 2-3x more but it works way better than the square >>> and/or modified sine wave inverters. They (not the true sine wave one) >>> caused my power bricks + the inverter to overheat and it was bloody >>> noisy. You can draw max 15A out of lighter socket in the car so 120 >>> -150W inverter is all you can feed without wiring it directly to the >>> battery. I got it in Frys' after returning the cheaper modified sine >>> wave one. >>> Hope it helps, Tomas >>> On Sun, 2017-08-20 at 23:08 -0700, Michael Barnes wrote: >>>> Good to know. What would be really great is to find a similar printer >>>> that >>>> would run from 12VDC. I'd like to set up a completely portable fly >>>> -away >>>> package that ran from 12VDC to utilize battery/vehicle/solar power. >>>> >>>> Michael >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/2017-August/087027.html >>>>> >>>>> Here's a follow-up report: >>>>> >>>>> /I ordered an HP Deskjet 1112 from Amazon for this application. It >>>>> claims >>>>> // >>>>> //to have full support for Linux Debian (RPi?) and Mint via USB. >>>>> For $29 >>>>> it's // >>>>> //worth a try. If it works, it should be a perfect small addition >>>>> to a // >>>>> //stand-alone RPi student learning station.// >>>>> / >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> ----- >>>>> >>>>> Received the HP Deskjet 1112 and installed it first in Windows 7 to >>>>> make >>>>> sure it worked. Then installed it to a Raspberry Pi 3B. >>>>> >>>>> The software installation went mostly smoothly, carefully following >>>>> the >>>>> detailed instructions and accepting the defaults found at: >>>>> >>>>> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html >>>>> >>>>> They are close enough. (You do NOT have to worry about editing some >>>>> ??? >>>>> file mentioned. It's not on the RPi.) >>>>> >>>>> The only glitch was the install requires a root/superuser password. >>>>> If I >>>>> had one it apparently didn't like it so I added *sudo passwd root* >>>>> and >>>>> made "*root*" the password. That worked. In the future I'll do up >>>>> front >>>>> before beginning the software install to get it out of the way. >>>>> >>>>> I'm quite pleased with the results. For the price, it is a lot of >>>>> printer; quick, and excellent quality. But the HP software isn't >>>>> perfect. I can't get it to print the last page first despite a tab >>>>> to >>>>> that effect, and it doesn't print footers despite showing them on >>>>> the >>>>> screen. Since the printed text appears to be a little larger than >>>>> it >>>>> should that probably explains the missing footers. I may be doing >>>>> something wrong, but again, for $29, and having an easy RPi3 >>>>> Install, >>>>> this ain't bad. >>>>> >>>>> Will also be installing the 1112 to a Linux MINT machine just to >>>>> wring >>>>> it out some more and see what happens. 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