Thread: 12 volt Double Car Socket

Originally Posted by jackspratt1

My vehicle has only a single 12 volt cigarette lighter outlet, which is mainly used for powering my nuvi 52 when driving.

I now looking at getting a dash cam, for recording my (sometimes quite dangerous*) drives around Thailand.

This will also require access to 12 volt power, so the solution would seem to be a double socket, like this:

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Has anyone done this, and/or does anyone have an opinion on whether the Garmin be getting enough power to keep it charging?

That will work just fine on your 2 devices. It has no current limiting restrictions on the output ports.

The only time you might have an issue as you are concerned would be if you were looking at dual 5V USB ports coming out rather than the 12V. They are sometimes limited in various ways.