Midge Burrowes

We will be driving in France and Spain soon, and have a cell phone with a
cigarette lighter power adapter. Is the voltage requirement the same in
Europe as in North America, or is the battery voltage different?

Terry Richards

"Midge Burrowes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > We will be driving in France and Spain soon, and have a cell phone with a
    > cigarette lighter power adapter. Is the voltage requirement the same in
    > Europe as in North America, or is the battery voltage different?

Car voltages are the same (12V) and so are the cigarette lighter power
connectors.

The phone, OTOH, may be a problem. There have been lots of discussions on
this forum about that but I've never followed them. (I have a European phone
already). No doubt somebody else will let you know.

T.

Nitram

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:42:49 GMT, "Midge Burrowes"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >We will be driving in France and Spain soon, and have a cell phone with a
    >cigarette lighter power adapter. Is the voltage requirement the same in
    >Europe as in North America, or is the battery voltage different?

Is the question "Do European cars have a 12V DC cigarette lighter
supply?"
The requirements of your cell phone with a cigarette lighter power
adapter won't change.

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Jens Arne Maennig

nitram wrote:

    > Is the question "Do European cars have a 12V DC cigarette lighter
    > supply?"

Well, in my old Citroens, it sometimes went down to something like 4,7 V
in the winter :-/

Jens
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Nitram

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 17:45:18 +0200, Jens Arne Maennig
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >nitram wrote:
    >> Is the question "Do European cars have a 12V DC cigarette lighter
    >> supply?"
    >Well, in my old Citroens, it sometimes went down to something like 4,7 V
    >in the winter :-/

In those days you could call out an ADAC man with a motor cycle and
side car for 5 pfennig and still have change for a bratwurst and a
litre of good beer. :-)
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Luca

Battery voltage is ok, but network is different. You need a 900/1800 Mhz
mobile phone, in US frequency is 1900 Mhz.

Jens Arne Maennig

nitram wrote:

    > In those days you could call out an ADAC man with a motor cycle and
    > side car for 5 pfennig and still have change for a bratwurst and a
    > litre of good beer. :-)

    :-D YMMD

Jens
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Midge Burrowes

"luca" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Battery voltage is ok, but network is different. You need a 900/1800 Mhz
    > mobile phone, in US frequency is 1900 Mhz.

Thanks -- I have ensured that I have a compatible cell phone. I was just
concerned about re-charging it using the cigarette lighter adapter.

Thanks for all the helpful replies !

Calif Bill

"Jens Arne Maennig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > nitram wrote:
    > > Is the question "Do European cars have a 12V DC cigarette lighter
    > > supply?"
    > Well, in my old Citroens, it sometimes went down to something like 4,7 V
    > in the winter :-/
    > Jens
    > --
    > POTIVS AMICVM QVAM DICTVM PERDERE

You could be in a British car with 'lectrics by Lucas. The prince of
darkness. Maybe zero volts.

Frank Hucklenbroich

Am Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:42:49 GMT schrieb Midge Burrowes:

    > We will be driving in France and Spain soon, and have a cell phone with a
    > cigarette lighter power adapter. Is the voltage requirement the same in
    > Europe as in North America, or is the battery voltage different?

No problem, 12 Volts. Depending on the car you might even get an extra
socket somewhere in the car, so you don't need to fumble with the
cigarette-lighter.

Regards,

Frank