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Old 11-04-2010, 09:35 AM
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Talk about "gold plated." Lone Star aviation has a "TSO'd" USB power adapter for $125. Not sure why a non-permanent device needs to be TSO'd but I guess that may appeal to the Corporate Jet crowd. They also have a TSO'd cigarette lighter adapter.


On my company's G550s the aviation team just issues products from Griffin Technology. I use their Power Jolt for iPadwith my iPad--$15 from Amazon. I only wished they had a dual port 2.1 amp unit.
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Old 11-17-2010, 05:57 AM
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I already have the Griffin Power Jolt but I think I will also get one of these Scosche DUAL power adapters. I can charge the iPad and the phone from the same adapter.
$14.90 from Amazon.

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Old 12-12-2010, 01:38 PM
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Just received this unit I ordered from Amazon and it works great for charging the iPad. Unlike the Griffin unit, it does not get warm to the touch when deep charging the iPad. The additional benefit I did not know prior to ordering is that it operates from 12-24 volts. This will come in handy flying in late model Cessna's or Cirrus. Additionally, it also charges my Blackberry and other USB devices.

$4.99 plus $3 shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product

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Old 04-15-2013, 10:41 AM
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SteinAir is now selling USB Chargers for Ipads, Iphones, Ipods, etc.. They offer two types of chargers: a black DC power plug insert charger for and a black Panel Mount charger.

12vdc adapter, 5v @ 1.5a output

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Old 04-15-2013, 10:50 AM
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Just an FYI - There is an Apple Technote on charging for the iPad.

The long and short of it is that to charge *and* use the iPad, you need to adhere to the 10W requirement. Even that "just barely" charges if you have full brightness, GPS, etc running.

10 watts at 5 volts is 2 amps. The Apple charger is rated at 2.1 amps.
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Old 04-15-2013, 01:06 PM
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Just to throw in my 2 cents, I added a 12-v 4-port powered USB hub connecting/powering a number of things in my plane (laptop connections to mouse, XM weather box, etc.), just spliced its power input onto the E-bus (with a low amp fuse). Works great, except somehow I lose connection with the laptop it's connected to when I leave the laptop on but shut down the aircraft power for a short period (like quick-turn stops). Haven't figured that out yet, but easy enough to work around... Bought hub off Amazon, only 12v unit on there I think.

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