Cheap cables and leads from ebay.
03 March 2011, 02:51 PM
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Cheap cables and leads from ebay.
Do you just go for the cheapest, or are there some standards you go by, for example is there any European kitemark to say an item has been checked, or approved. I'd hate to buy a 50p Sat Nav lead only to find its some spotty student selling junk illegally imported from China. (and then it damages my Sat Nav)
03 March 2011, 03:09 PM
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Depends what it's for.
I bought my youngest a 5m lead so his computer would attach to his HiFi, cost was dirt cheap, quality was excellent.
Ditto a new phone charger: £1.99 DELIVERED, works just as well as the original I later found again, Samsung wanted nearly £30 for a charger!
However, I'd be careful with TRUE HiFi leads, and sat-nav? well I have two leads, apparently identical, one marked TomTom, the other not. Guess which is the only one that works on the TomTom?
I bought my youngest a 5m lead so his computer would attach to his HiFi, cost was dirt cheap, quality was excellent.
Ditto a new phone charger: £1.99 DELIVERED, works just as well as the original I later found again, Samsung wanted nearly £30 for a charger!
However, I'd be careful with TRUE HiFi leads, and sat-nav? well I have two leads, apparently identical, one marked TomTom, the other not. Guess which is the only one that works on the TomTom?
04 March 2011, 12:33 AM
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If it's just 12v dc straight to your satnav, what's the worst that could happen? Surely a short would just mean power routing back to earth before getting to your satnav, shortly afterwards popping the cig lighter fuse. If there's some kind of transformer involved then I'd be a little more wary.
I often wonder how folk selling this sort of stuff on ebay make any money. They must be buying them in for pennies.
I often wonder how folk selling this sort of stuff on ebay make any money. They must be buying them in for pennies.
04 March 2011, 12:40 AM
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Most satnavs run off USB...which is 5volts. A cars voltage is anything from 12v to 15volts
Car cigar lighter to USB chargers should have a regulator....but a nasty one may just have a resistor which can't compensate for a car's varying voltage.
Car cigar lighter to USB chargers should have a regulator....but a nasty one may just have a resistor which can't compensate for a car's varying voltage.
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I think it depends what cables you are buying, if it is a power lead then better to be safe than sorry IMO.
I've bought HDMI leads, Aux cables and HDMI multi adaptors on ebay no issues, but a mains power lead or similar I would be more careful with
I've bought HDMI leads, Aux cables and HDMI multi adaptors on ebay no issues, but a mains power lead or similar I would be more careful with
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