I’m wanting to use my laptop while on a 12 hour road trip. Is there a way I can charge my laptop from my van? I don’t plan on having it plugged in the whole time. Just for when I need to work on it and the battery is running low.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
Many vehicles have USB plugs (5v) to charge phones etc. If so, you need a USB to USB-C adapter to allow charging.
It is also possible to get a simple cigarette lighter plug to usb adapter, get one that has filtering built in.
Personally, I have never liked having devices plugged into the USB ports when starting the vehicle due to possible surges.
Consider an 115v-to-12v AC/DC inverter/converter power adapter..
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=auto+115v+to+12v+inverter+converter&t=ffab&ia=web
To be able to match needs of the portable Mac, simply use an Apple
adapter original equipment; and plug that in, as final link. +Consider,
extra battery backup, to power the Mac portable; without power loss.
(To avoid spikes, fluctuations, use filtered power; such as UPS battery.)
High-quality power supply makers, had DC-to-DC converters for RV/Boat
&/or Airplane. ~ The idea would be to match portable Mac voltage demands
from the Vehicle DC output. [Or, not use an inverter AC-to-DC, plus transformer.]
Ones I'd seen by Lind, matched iBook/PowerBook G4 exact output from vehicle.
For a larger motorhome, boat, plane; a complete DC-to-DC custom wire harness
with built-in safeguards; and secondary battery-backups, could be the ticket.
Yet, for a few days per decade, a simple AC120v-to-DC12v inverter may do OK.
Just that wasteful idea, has to go from DC12v to 120AC; then back to DC again.
Good luck & happy trails!
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Search Amazon for "MacBook Air USB-C car charger" and
there there will be several that plug into the accessory outlet
(cigarette lighter socket in the old days).
Car charger for MacBook Air?
