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SOHC
09-26-2014, 03:52 AM
I have an old hand held radio that the battery is shot, someone has been using a remote power supply to run it as there are 2 wires coming out of it, the instructions say that the radio can be used on no more than 12 volts or it will vold the warranty.

I was thinking about using the cigarette liter in the car to power it but I have seen upto 14.5 volts coming out of there.

Would this burn the radio out?

Tallman
09-26-2014, 09:24 AM
Yes, it will smoke in your hand.

SOHC
09-26-2014, 03:32 PM
LOL ok looks like I need to find a 10.8 volt battrey pack

Tallman
09-27-2014, 10:25 AM
If you have some technical skills you could build your own regulated power cord you could plug in to the lighter socket. It would take a small amount of parts and a little solder. Depending how much current it draws if it is less than one ampere easy to build and it could be adjustable.(LM-317)

hotrod
10-31-2014, 05:03 PM
at walmart and/or radio radioshack they used to sell a cigerette lighter plug that had a variable
voltage switch on it and u set it to the voltage you needed.it went up by 2-3 volts at a time
so ya sometimes had to use 1 less volt but no biggie.plus they had alot of rca jacks to plug into
ya radio on other end these are really neat