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  • Re: Car Power supply

    From micky@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 11 14:23:33 2025
    XPost: sci.electronics.repair

    I misspelled hardware in the previous post. ;-(

    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:08:32 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

    I rented a car last week, a mazda 3 maybe 2024 or 5, and it had no
    cigarrette lighter port, only a round cap where it should have been.

    It had no type-A USB jack either, only type-C.

    But my laptop is 4 years old and isn't recharged by USB-C. Is there a
    cable with USB-C at one end and either Dell or a multiple choice of tips
    at the other? Or something that will work.

    Is this going to be a trend in cars, no cigarrette lighter, or does
    Alamo get this because some people use the power port to run jack
    hammers or something they don't like?

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to micky on Tue Mar 11 16:30:43 2025
    XPost: sci.electronics.repair

    On Tue, 3/11/2025 2:23 PM, micky wrote:
    I misspelled hardware in the previous post. ;-(

    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:08:32 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

    I rented a car last week, a mazda 3 maybe 2024 or 5, and it had no
    cigarrette lighter port, only a round cap where it should have been.

    It had no type-A USB jack either, only type-C.

    But my laptop is 4 years old and isn't recharged by USB-C. Is there a
    cable with USB-C at one end and either Dell or a multiple choice of tips
    at the other? Or something that will work.

    Is this going to be a trend in cars, no cigarrette lighter, or does
    Alamo get this because some people use the power port to run jack
    hammers or something they don't like?


    https://owners-manual.mazda.com/gen/en/cx-5/cx-5_8ft1ee17b/contents/06040400.html

    Accessory socket 12V @ 10A (connector type not shown)

    USB socket 5V @ 2.1A

    Not really much of a replacement for a 12V @ 25A lighter socket.

    Paul

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to nospam@needed.invalid on Sat Mar 15 12:40:51 2025
    XPost: sci.electronics.repair

    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:30:43 -0400, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 3/11/2025 2:23 PM, micky wrote:
    I misspelled hardware in the previous post. ;-(

    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:08:32 -0400, micky
    <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

    I rented a car last week, a mazda 3 maybe 2024 or 5, and it had no
    cigarrette lighter port, only a round cap where it should have been.

    It had no type-A USB jack either, only type-C.

    But my laptop is 4 years old and isn't recharged by USB-C. Is there a
    cable with USB-C at one end and either Dell or a multiple choice of tips
    at the other? Or something that will work.

    Is this going to be a trend in cars, no cigarrette lighter, or does
    Alamo get this because some people use the power port to run jack
    hammers or something they don't like?


    https://owners-manual.mazda.com/gen/en/cx-5/cx-5_8ft1ee17b/contents/06040400.html

    Yes, Mazda provided it but that wouldn't stop Alamo
    Rentacar from plugging it up if they had a reaason.

    In this case, I went to my hotel room every night and had no need for it
    in the car (or I would have tried a little bit to pry off the cover, or
    called them and asked), but besides the computer, I used to charge the
    camera battery from the "cigarette lighter". The Mazda 3 only had usb-C
    jacks. I had to go buy a C-C cable to charge the phone.

    Accessory socket 12V @ 10A (connector type not shown)

    USB socket 5V @ 2.1A

    Not really much of a replacement for a 12V @ 25A lighter socket.

    Paul

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