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sleepy600
07-29-2005, 01:40 PM
has anyone tried hardwiring the car charger into the cigarette lighter wires? i have done this before with other cigarette lighter plugs but have not tried with the LD one yet. does the car charger one have 2 wires or ? i have other things i need to plug into the cigarette plug while i charge my palm.

side note: compusa sells the car charger for $19.99 (i think regular price is $29.99). but i got the last one in stock at the store i went to so i could not get 2 incase splicing didn't work. :(
AndyMac
07-29-2005, 07:00 PM
Get a DC power outlet splitter at Radio Shack. It would be a heck of a lot safer.
evildude
07-29-2005, 09:19 PM
I have car chargers for my phone, and my th-55. But my LD - I dont trust Palm and its OEM suppliers. I now have three diffrent ac adaptors, brought an extra one when i had the t5, One came with the lifedrive and came with the t5/lifedrive crade. All of them are diffrent. Two made by netbit and one made phong. I'd get one by Ipower if that made a t5 tip, or get a small inverter, I know its a waste of energy, But i rather have an inverter blow and trip its circuit breaker and fuse, than trust my 500 pda in a 19 dolor car adaptor.
sleepy600
07-30-2005, 12:55 PM
thanks for the suggestions. while the inverter would work for the palm, it would not work for my bluetooth GPS receiver. that plugs into the cigarette lighter only. i will try the splitter. i just didn't want all those wires dangling all over my console.
AndyMac
07-30-2005, 04:14 PM
But i rather have an inverter blow and trip its circuit breaker and fuse, than trust my 500 pda in a 19 dolor car adaptor.

The problem with most inverters, especially inexpensive ones is they don't put out a pure sine wave. My UX50 wouldn't charge from my AC inverter, the charge light flickered so I didn't trust it.

I have the Treo 650 charger for my LifeDrive and it seems to work just fine. The DC chargers have fuses too....
evildude
07-30-2005, 07:05 PM
Fuses are meany to protect from shorts, They do not protect from overvoltages, the inverter puts out a regulated 110v (stage one) tthen passing that back through the 5V transformer from palm.


That i trust