[Ham-Mac] OT: 12v adapter for Macbook

[Jonathan Thawley]

It will not work for his application. That adapter is for airplanes only.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Patricia Reiff <reiff at mac.com> wrote:

> There is a magsafe cable with a cigarette lighter plug on the other
> end.  Should be available from any Apple store or online.
> It's called an airline adapter
> http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB441Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDEwMQ&mco=MTA4NDE2Mjc
>
> On Jun 6, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Jonathan Thawley wrote:
>
> > I work at an authorized apple repair center and the best route to go
> > is
> > using an inverter. You would be better of to get a 120V AC inverter
> > and use
> > your adapter on that.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Stephen Prior
> > <sjp at sjprior.fsnet.co.uk>wrote:
> >
> >> Apologies for the off-topic posting, but with an eye on summer
> >> holidays, I
> >> would like to have a way of recharging the Macbook on the go from a
> >> car 12V
> >> supply.  Ebay has quite a collection, but having wrecked a PDA some
> >> years
> >> ago with a cheap supply I'm not about to repeat my mistake.  It is
> >> strange
> >> that Apple does not itself sell such an item, but is there anyone
> >> here who
> >> has bought a Macbook 12V charger and is happy with it?   Mine's the
> >> ordinary
> >> basic Macbook with the magsafe connector, about two years old.
> >>
> >> I don't really want to go down the route of a car 230V AC inverter,
> >> although
> >> I have one.  It seems daft to transform to mains voltages only to
> >> come down
> >> again.
> >>
> >> Thanks and 73,
> >>
> >> Stephen G4SJP
> >>
> >>
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