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Where did you see the 6 watts limit? It could never have a cigarette lighter plugged into it (as the ad suggests) with 6 watts. I did see 500mw max.in the specs. I could be wrong, but I think 500mw x 110v would be 55watts.
piemeister said: Where did you see the 6 watts limit? It could never have a cigarette lighter plugged into it (as the ad suggests) with 6 watts. I did see 500mw max.in the specs. I could be wrong, but I think 500mw x 110v would be 55watts. Probably a typo and should have read 60W? even so, You might or might not be able to light a light bulb with this thing. Charger? Me thinks not.
I know they have had these at Big Lots for $3.99 in the past. They are 500mv so that is good enough to power up most chargers and charge items, but forget about powering up any major wattage devices like a raft pump or something. I have even found my 2Amp ac to DC inverter too small to handle that kind of wattage.
jonnythan
Member
posted: Sep. 3, 2008 @ 11:03a
60 watts would be a stretch.
For a comparison of wattage, a standard USB port maxes out at 0.5 amps. At 5 volts, the voltage you get from USB, that's only 2.5 watts. Virtually all USB smartphones can charge from a USB port.
For another comparison, my Sanyo Katana's wall wart charger only outputs 4.2 watts max. My Blackberry charger and Moto Q 9c charger each output 3.5 watts.
So 6 watts shouldn't be a problem for charging most small devices.
Claymore said: piemeister said: Where did you see the 6 watts limit? It could never have a cigarette lighter plugged into it (as the ad suggests) with 6 watts. I did see 500mw max.in the specs. I could be wrong, but I think 500mw x 110v would be 55watts. Probably a typo and should have read 60W? even so, You might or might not be able to light a light bulb with this thing. Charger? Me thinks not. It says 500mA (amps!). So .5 Amp x 12V = 6 Watts. If this thing did 60 watts it would be a much larger power brick to accommodate larger capacitors etc.
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purrdy3us
Member
posted: Sep. 3, 2008 @ 5:08p
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