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I found the plug-in to your cigarette lighter voltage meter and picked it up today.
The power receptacles are not regulated to 12V.
I wondered about the accuracy of it but it appears to be dead on - in fact....this meter measures volts to two decimal places and the voltage sensor on the Prius displays it like 13.8 volts and what I found is the Prius is rounding up and down on the voltage.
For instance 13.44 volts on the meter shows 13.3 volts on the prius when it inches up on the meter to 13.45 volts the display on the prius changes to 13.4 volts.
I found that both to be a validation of the meters accuracy and a interesting but likely useless bit of info that the sensor works like that on the prius.
The big take away thougth is at least the power receptacles are not voltage regulated (perhaps they are once you get to 15V). Need to check the other systems (lights etc) maybe this weekend I will dig out the meter and start checking.
Also would really like to find that 14Volt converter - anyone know where that is?
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