That DC electrical outlet on airplanes...

May 11, 2005 2 Replies

Entity Gnarlodious spoke thus:


I have a computer adapter for airplanes, it's supposed to plug into a DC
> outlet in the first-class seats. Does anyone know what kind of connector
> this is? I mean like, what's it called?

OK, I uploaded a photo of the offending component:

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The 2 large pins are definitely 12 volt, probably the 2 small ones are for


24 volt. On my socket the small receptacles are missing as it only outputs
12v.

Where can I get an adapter for this connector?


-- Gnarlie

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An adapter between what and what? Some airlines use this to feed 15V, some use a regular auto cigarette lighter connection, lots of travel adapters have inputs that look like the little 4-pin one and come with an adapter to the cigarette lighter one...

On Wed, 11 May 2005 23:28:25 GMT, Gnarlodious put finger to keyboard and composed:

I think a more pertinent question for most of us is, how can I adapt a first class ticket to an economy class salary? :-)

- Franc Zabkar

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