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Re: Corel NetWinder as a wearable?

the current draw on the netwinder is pulled not pushed? HUH?
Oh well, as far as the other parts of the question....

If the netwinder can survive a continous voltage of 14.5 to 15 volts then
yes.. that is what your car's electrical system is at when driving.

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> From: David Maslen <>
> To: Tim Gray <>
> Cc: wearhard <>
> Subject: Re: Corel NetWinder as a wearable?
> Date: Friday, October 02, 1998 9:28 AM
> 
> "Tim Gray" <> writes:
> 
> > Actually you can draw 10 amps from your car's ciggerate lighter, but 5
amps
> > is a safer level of draw. I've ran a 1000 watt ac inverter out of a cig
> > plug for 8 hours with a noticable rise in temperature but it didn't
blow
> > the fuse!
> 
> Not being an electronic wiz, does that mean you could plug the
> netwinder straight into it. Apparantly the netwinder is 10-12V 1.5
> amp. The recent discussion on the mailing list said current is pulled
> not pushed, so if the netwinder needs 1.5 is that all it will draw?
> 
> ie. Plug it straight in?
> 
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