Iphone/USB Charger run off 12V?

[Andrew Means]

Has anybody wired up a USB outlet for charging phones and whatnot off their main 12V circuit? USB is 5V, right? How would one go about doing that? Maybe a cigarette lighter adapter? How do you folks charge mobile devices without running a 120V/AC current?

 

[treilley]

I use a 12v adapter. A lot of the new portable inverters have USB charging ports in them now.

 

[Andrew Means]

I use a 12v adapter. A lot of the new portable inverters have USB charging ports in them now.

A 12V adapter- like a cigarette adapter like this? www.overtons.com/modperl/product/de...ter_with_Battery_Clips&aID=601S6&merchID=4006

Ideally I'd like to avoid wiring up an inverter, but since we're on the topic, what are my options as far as inverters go?

 

[MarkA]

Cigarette Lighter/USB adaptor

This is what I use:

These 12-volt sockets: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-1011-12v-Socket/dp/B001U4ZZPK

This USB Charger: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Micro-Auto-Charger-5VOLT/dp/B002F0200Q

Then I use Apple's stock USB/Dock connector to charge.

It work's great! I'm even considering mounting one in the cockpit (switched, of course).

-mark

 

[Blue Chip]

We simply charge anything on the boat that has a charger that can be plugged into your car cigarette lighter by plugging it into the lighter on our boat that runs the TV set that came with the boat. So if your phone can be charged in you car, it can be charged in your boat the same way...or am I over simplifying again?

 

[Andrew Means]

We simply charge anything on the boat that has a charger that can be plugged into your car cigarette lighter by plugging it into the lighter on our boat that runs the TV set that came with the boat. So if your phone can be charged in you car, it can be charged in your boat the same way...or am I over simplifying again?

no, not at all - my boat just doesn't have a cigarette lighter : )

 

[Glyn Judson]

Charging your iPhone.

Dear friend, I too have an iPhone 4 that I bought the AT&T lighter charger cord for our boat (and one for the car too). On the boat it plugs into a nice looking Sea Dog receptacle as can be seen here: http://www.sea-dog.com/groups/1984-power-socket-12-volt. Lo and behold, after having the AT&T cord assembly for six months or more, I happened to bump the socket and a door slid open revealing a USB female plug built right into the back shoulder of the socket, pretty cool. Glyn Judson, E31 hull #55, Marina del Rey, CA