That is the way to go. I have a 2nd battery in the van, there is a Anderson power pole hanging off of that battery and a bunch of breakers for other devices. I try to use the receptacles for low power quick use things.
I tested out a ID-5100 but quickly moved it to the Anderson Power Pole be- cause the I^2R loss was so great through the connector (about 1.5-2v) that all I did was test the radio at low power then move it to its proper place. On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. Hope this helps someone. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> PLUG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. 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