Author Topic: Powering off a car battery  (Read 2074 times)

digi_guy

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Powering off a car battery
« on: November 03, 2016, 08:40:17 am »
Actually, I'd like to connect an Oak to my motorcycle. I realize one option is to simply buy a USB adapter, but I'd like to know if the regulator on the Oak is able to handle being plugged in directly.

exeng

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Re: Powering off a car battery
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2016, 10:21:48 am »
While I think the Oak can handle the 12V I read somewhere on the forum that it does stress the regulator. You may want to consider the addition of this...
http://digistump.com/products/253 to relieve the burden from  the Oak.

digi_guy

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Re: Powering off a car battery
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2016, 10:25:38 am »
Thanks, I was looking at that yesterday, seems like the safest approach.