by David Horn » Apr 19, 2006 @ 12:18am
You won't blow the car up, but the risk is that should the adaptor fail, it might unhelpfully deposit 12V from your car's electrical system into the Pocket PC. Bear in mind that cigarette lighters can have 20A fuses on them... and, well, you get the picture.
Will it charge off USB? Cigarette lighter to USB socket adaptors are relatively cheap.
Crosswind technique: "Using your peripheral vision, react to body movements, gasps, groans, and shouts from the other side of the cockpit, and always remember that it's better to be lucky than good."