Re: Car Power supply

In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:30:43 -0400, Paul
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 3/11/2025 2:23 PM, micky wrote:
>> I misspelled hardware in the previous post. ;-(  
>> 
>> In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:08:32 -0400, micky
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I rented a car last week, a mazda 3 maybe 2024 or 5, and it had no
>> cigarrette lighter port, only a round cap where it should have been. 
>> 
>> It had no type-A USB jack either, only type-C. 
>> 
>> But my laptop is 4 years old and isn't recharged by USB-C.  Is there a
>> cable with USB-C at one end and either Dell or a multiple choice of tips
>> at the other?  Or something that will work. 
>> 
>> Is this going to be a trend in cars, no cigarrette lighter, or does
>> Alamo get this because some people use the power port to run jack
>> hammers or something they don't like?
>> 
>
>https://owners-manual.mazda.com/gen/en/cx-5/cx-5_8ft1ee17b/contents/06040400.html

Yes, Mazda provided it but that wouldn't stop Alamo 
Rentacar from plugging it up if they had a reaason. 

In this case, I went to my hotel room every night and had no need for it
in the car (or I would have tried a little bit to pry off the cover, or
called them and asked), but besides the computer, I used to charge the
camera battery from the "cigarette lighter".  The Mazda 3 only had usb-C
jacks.  I had to go buy a C-C cable to charge the phone.  
>
>   Accessory socket   12V @ 10A  (connector type not shown)
>
>   USB socket          5V @ 2.1A
>
>Not really much of a replacement for a 12V @ 25A lighter socket.
>
>   Paul