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Hello, I know this post is a bit old but I myself tried to operate my switch docked in 12v, and I found this forum, and in the meantime I got there! with a 100w Pd (power delivery) charger, and a pd 60W cable usb-c to usb-c, here is a video link: (sorry for my english google)
Campervan 12v Power Problem .#2
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MisterBill2
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I saw the video and now know less about the problem than before I watched the video.
My experience trying to power a 12 volt radio in a camper was that there was about 5 volts of mains ripple voltage on the DC outlet. In the video I saw no clue that the DC outlet was polarized. Polarity matters a lot. Also, what is that device that looks like a piece of pipe??
My experience trying to power a 12 volt radio in a camper was that there was about 5 volts of mains ripple voltage on the DC outlet. In the video I saw no clue that the DC outlet was polarized. Polarity matters a lot. Also, what is that device that looks like a piece of pipe??
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Hello, this video was a response to another post (Campervan 12v Power Problem) but obviously a moderator (or other) created a new post with it.. so there is no problem.
The piece of pipe is a DC to PD adapter, powering the nintendo with DC 12 or 15 v will not work
The piece of pipe is a DC to PD adapter, powering the nintendo with DC 12 or 15 v will not work
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MisterBill2
- Joined Jan 23, 2018
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I know what DC is but have no clue about what "PD" is, other than POlice DEpartment. Clearly that is not what is intended.
So what voltage does the nintendo want? I avoid the video games so I have no ideas about how to power them.
One thing, though, is if there is ripple on the 12 volt system then there must be mains power around and it makes more sense to run the game with it's intended supply. And usually the toys are intentionally made hard to power using anything except OEM products. (OEM=Original Equipment Manufacturer.)
My fix for the huge ripple on a travel trailer 12 volt system was a separate pair of wires all the way back to the batteryterminals themselves. That "power converter" is only a transformer plus rectifier, often good for 15 amps, to run all the lights and the water pump. In newer campers it may be a switcher type supply, still not much filtering, and far more likely to be damaged by campground power transients. (transients such as 230 volts on the 115 mains for a few seconds.
So what voltage does the nintendo want? I avoid the video games so I have no ideas about how to power them.
One thing, though, is if there is ripple on the 12 volt system then there must be mains power around and it makes more sense to run the game with it's intended supply. And usually the toys are intentionally made hard to power using anything except OEM products. (OEM=Original Equipment Manufacturer.)
My fix for the huge ripple on a travel trailer 12 volt system was a separate pair of wires all the way back to the batteryterminals themselves. That "power converter" is only a transformer plus rectifier, often good for 15 amps, to run all the lights and the water pump. In newer campers it may be a switcher type supply, still not much filtering, and far more likely to be damaged by campground power transients. (transients such as 230 volts on the 115 mains for a few seconds.
