The difficulties of providing 110-volt power to your airline seat
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#3Can't we just have exercise bikes linked to generators in economy class?
About time the lower orders did some work.
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#4Can't we just have exercise bikes linked to generators in economy class? About time the lower orders did some work.
Hey, if I could get something out of it (like fare), I'd gladly pedal away.
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#5Given that, in most overseas flights, sufficient voltage is available at every seat to power in-flight entertainment, I wonder if it's an easier engineering problem to have a 15-20 volt outlet instead (though I'm not sure if there's enough juice for the extra 2-3A).
True, not laptops have the same AC plug, so an adapter would be necessary.
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#6So, why not cigarette adapter DC sockets?
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#7So, why not cigarette adapter DC sockets?
Because somebody would plug in something dangerous.
Believe me there would be some genius with a George Forman plugin grill or similar.
There are DC adapter plugins in aircraft - the idea is that they are only sold for laptops and are expensive enough that few people use the.
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#8Can't we just have exercise bikes linked to generators in economy class? About time the lower orders did some work.
I feel uncomfortable enough without the guy next to me having a heart attack and possibly killing me as he falls on top.
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#9The difficulty is that everyone wants it yet no one wants to pay for it. (I'm sure it works quite fine in first class)
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#10So, why not cigarette adapter DC sockets?
Because somebody would plug in something dangerous. Believe me there would be some genius with a George Forman plugin grill or similar. There are DC adapter plugins in aircraft - the idea is that they are only sold for laptops and are expensive enough that few people use the.
It would appear to me that most of the stupid stuff you could plug into a cigarette lighter pales in comparison to the stupid stuff that you can plug into a 120V AC. (eg. You're more likely to find a 120V AC plug on the aforementioned George Foreman grill)