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Old 08-22-2018, 07:18 PM   #11
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Default Re: Again with 6 to 12 volt inverters

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Originally Posted by MrBruce View Post
John CT
You don't have to have a inverter...both your phone and GPS will run on 5 volts. If you PM me I will send you an article that shows how to hook it up and I also have a little unit the size of a jump drive that has two USB ports and you can hook up your items to that.
MrBruce
Yup - anything you can plug into a PC is +5vdc driven. Your cig lighter cell charger and gps cord take the 12-14v car power and knocks it down to 5vdc before going to your device.

Those usb things mentioned above are much easier to conceal and can be hidden behind the dash rail.
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