Re: Bikes on Southern trains; the jackboot goes in




davek wrote:
> Zog The Undeniable wrote:
> > Pretty useless, given that the power points on trains all say "for
> > laptops and mobile phones only". No 125mph ironing possible :-(
>
> I wonder, can you get a USB iron? It might not be able to get very hot,
> but surely there's a market for such a thing?

The USB spec won't allow it. You can't get enough power into the
device.

> Btw, the only place I've encountered electrical sockets for customer use
> is in the first-class carriage on the west coast mainline. The SE
> commuter trains into London have no such luxury.

Virgin Pendolino, GNER on the ECML have laptop/phone sockets in
standard class.


...d

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