Airline adapter for 6130

Anyone know of one? I've searced Averatec's site and google. I'm thinking one doesn't exist yet.

 

Averatec doesn't offer any airline adapter

But you can do your own, buy a 400w power inverter (200w doesn't seem to be enough) (you can find those in most car parts dealers) and use your AC adapter

 

so can you 12 volt (cigarette lighter) ports on the planes now? that would be cool

 

The 737's use 28V DC in the passenger seats when that option is installed. I'm guessing that is the standard on other Boeing aircraft as well. Some have some regular outlets near the floor on the wall of the cabin for the cleaners to plug in vacuum cleaners. Those are 115V AC but are 400HZ instead of the standard 60HZ on the frequency. I don't think that would hurt anything, though.

 

mort hertz is actually better, since the phasing is faster, the power supply (that converts AC to DC) requires smaller capacitors, making the process easier

Didn't know that tho, last time I took the plane I didn't even bother with the laptop

 

Thanks! I've always wondered that one. That makes sense, now. If they can use a smaller transformer/rectifier to transform the AC to DC, they can save weight when designing the airplane making it more efficient.

 

I thought aircraft power was limited to about 70w or so, whereas the the 6130 requires around 120W. Anyone got it running on aircraft power yet?

 

I haven't figured this one out yet, but was doing some thinking. There should be a way to make an adapter for a 6130 that would use aircraft power, but plug into the battery bay instead of the AC power plug on the laptop. The existing battery is 14.4 Volt, Aircraft power is 18 volt so there should be a way to convert that power to function as a virtual battery, no? I have no idea how many watts the supplied laptop battery is, so that may be an issue.

 

I don't know much about batteries, but with what I know, I don't think creating a virtual battery will work. I can't explain why, but I have a feeling that the impedance of the battery and the impedance of the line will be different, creating weird behavior. Anyway most modern batteries are smart, and they use 5 wires pinout. If the battery controller can't read the battery's smart info, it won't start.