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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 7:32 pm
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Originally Posted by swy
I bought a DC power inverter without reading carefully (I know)... turns out it's only rated to 12V.

I used it on my last flight for over 5 hours and it was working fine. I am wondering can I continue using on airplane even though it's 15V there? And what's the worst that could happen? Thanks!
The worst? Transformer meltdown and set the plane on fire. Nothing too bad.

Actually, even worse would be transformer meltdown, don't set the plane on fire but gas the whole cabin. If the rest of the pax aren't dead, you'll wish you were
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