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Arvald wrote:Ignoring bad title...
just brew it! wrote:If I am understanding you correctly, given the voltage mismatch, you are unlikely to find anything suitable. If you really do need something like this (why? I find it hard to imagine the use case) it is time to break out the soldering iron and hack together a DIY solution.
Maybe if you provide more details of what you're actually trying to do here we can be more helpful.
just brew it! wrote:Arvald wrote:Ignoring bad title...
I assume he's a Brit (or at least an import, if he lives in the US).
dashbarron wrote:External battery -----> USB -----> 12V outlet ----> Device
geekl33tgamer wrote:Nah, unlikely - It means what you think it does here too (Weird title for a thread). I'll skip over the import bit...
geekl33tgamer wrote:Are you trying to step up the 5V/1A power from a USB, to carry 12V and an exponential increase in Amperage, and pass it back over USB? This doesn't sound particularly safe, unless I am missing something???
SecretSquirrel wrote:Agreed that the OP needs to explain the USB in the middle. My assumption was that it was because he had something like this and was trying to run something that plugs into a 12V outlet off of it.