Car charger for MBA

[mikey28]

I was wondering if the airline charger or something could be used in the car?
Sort of like my iphone charger. Does anyone know of something out there?

thanks,
mike

 

[TEG]

The regular MB or MBP car/air adapter should work, as would nearly any $20 power inverter.

TEG

 

[mikey28]

just went to apple site

It says that the airline adapter will not work in automobiles. so I guess that answers my own question. Their is no car charger available at the moment for mba

 

[TEG]

This is basically because Airplanes use a 28V system, so the adapter can get the 15V it needs to keep the Mac alive, but in a car it is 12V and they can't bump up the Voltage without reducing the Amperage to the point that you can't keep the system alive.

What you need is an Inverter like http://www.4lots.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=95 which is 75W and all you need is 45 for the MBA.

TEG

 

[mikey28]

thanks, but uh...

I would say thanks for the link, but when I tried to access it, it seemed to go crazy. could you repost that? Thanks!

 

[steve31]

This is basically because Airplanes use a 28V system, so the adapter can get the 15V it needs to keep the Mac alive, but in a car it is 12V and they can't bump up the Voltage without reducing the Amperage to the point that you can't keep the system alive.

What you need is an Inverter like http://www.4lots.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=95 which is 75W and all you need is 45 for the MBA.

TEG

I also use this. No problems.

 

[drkstar]

I was wondering if the airline charger or something could be used in the car?
Sort of like my iphone charger. Does anyone know of something out there?

thanks,
mike

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