Car adapter and Voltmeter questions

[thewomenfolk]

1 - I bought a cigarette lighter car adapter USB thing at Walmart today. It's for an iPod, can I use it for my Janty Stick? (the USB thing fits okay)

2 - I also bought a Voltmeter at Walmart (I love Walmart) and don't know beans about how to use it. Can someone educate me? My batteries are UltraFire 10440 500 mAh 3.6 V. The warning says: "The voltage of full charge and empty condition is 4.2V and 2.75V respectively.

Also...is it possible to check the condition of a JOYE 510 battery with a voltmeter?

 

[Jim Davis]

Your ipod adapter may not work. The adapter has to be capable of outputting 5volts @ 1 amp. The ipod,s usually require less amperage.

Complete instructions for using a volt meter are in;
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cig-technical-issues/31787-ecf-troubleshooting-guide.html

You can check the manual batteries easily with a meter.

Cheers;
jd

 

[breakfastchef]

Cigarette lighter adapters rated at 5 volts/1 amp are excellent. If your device provides much less than 700mV, it may not perform well.

Yes, you can test battery voltage with a multimeter. The red (psotive) lead touches the center conductor and the black (negative) lead touches the threaded part of the connector. If the batteries are manual, you would also need to depress the button. If you have automatic batteries to test, you would need to try and do a quick inhale through the battery hole to set off the automatic switch.

 

[RIMP]

I have bought 2 car adapters and neither one work I have a 510 pt and a v4L pt Would like to use in the car but so far no luckCan anyone point me in the right direction




RIMP

 

[Jim Davis]

DealExtreme: $2.58 Universal USB Power Car Adapter (1000mA)

1000 mA = 1 amp.

 

[RIMP]

Thanks Jim At that price and free shipping I ordered 2




RIMP

 

[thewomenfolk]

I just re-read the package, and it's for a Cell phone, not an iPod. Does that make any difference? The package gives no clue about the Volts, etc.

 

[Jim Davis]

Doesn't really matter what it's for, as long as it will give you 5v @ 1amp. The rating should be on the adapter somewhere. The one I use is old, and is rated for 850mA. It does the job, but a full 1 amp would do better.