Do I use this to install a powered usb hub in a car?
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I wouldn't personally, I'd just get a 12V to 5V power supply. This would be used if you need an odd voltage. Plus it doesn't have a whole lot of available amps. If your trying to power a hub with lots of devices attached, I'd get a bigger supply.
1098104
You can use this to regulate power from the battery through this device to a powered USB hub that you install in your car.
1098105
You could. It would be cheaper and a bit easier to use the Vktech Car Charger DC Converter Module.
1098106
You can use it to regulate your 12v from your car to 5v. It is not specifically designed to power a usb hub....
330363
Sure, as long as your USB supplies 5V power, which most USB do, it is worth a try, as its only taking power, it wont work if there is no power, and there wont be any damages which I encountered, though you try at your risk.
994945
I'm not sure since I don't have a car, but I believe you could provided your car radio has the appropriate auxiliary jack. And I believe it would probably need an auxiliary cord, not a USB.
1554251
I've been using mine with a USB hub since I got it and haven't had any problems at all.
2149350
I use the USB switch with a powered hub. (The switch has no external power.) If you need a powered hub, I don't know. I changed to using a powered hub and have found the hub more reliable than a non-powered hub.
1694990
Only if you want to provide power to a USB device that you plug into the hub.
1354445
Yes. I have connected multiple external hard drives to this hub. It is a powered hub and will power drives that are not externally powered themselves (Drives which have only a USB connector and no DC adapter input).
1871182
It's a powered hub, but I don't know that it's THAT powered. I would NOT take the chance
1966743
NO! It is a powered hub. Having said that, I love these puppies. I've got 5 total in use and highly recommend them. (See my earlier review.) on USB 3 items, they'll draw power from their own power supplies and the computer itself, you DON'T ever want to take a chance of burning out the USB on your puter or the device (Like hard-drives) due to a low power situation, EVER!The plugable 7 port hub is lighted to let you know when the device is properly connected and powered, on each port.
1801004
I can't see why not as this is just a basic USB hub that should work with any USB jack, and due to the ability to plug in to home power source I have run 4 or 5 items at a time with this hub with no problems!
876143
It doesn't have built-in USB ports, you'd need a car charger, which you could plug into the power sockets.
214037
Dear Annabelle, Unfortunately, our Premium 4 Port USB Hub is not powered, and will not power an external Superdrive (which is the case with most USB hubs) as they require over 500mA. The total amount of power going to the hub may not exceed 500mA. If you have any other questions or concerns please let us know. Thank you,Satechi Technical Support
259145
In general, I have found that the USB hubs that supply a wall-wart for power to the hub, do indeed NEED the power to the hub.Dick
1515292
a good chance you will need a powered usb hub, but otherwise, yes it should. I've not found a laptop usb that can power it without the hub. However, the powered usb hub I have will power it, but only if the hub is not plugged in!!???!! Yeah, but expect some trial and error... good luck
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Genevieve, I would think it would fine as long as the devices on the USB hub don't require much power to operate, but any device that gets its power only from the USB port and has no power supply of its own could suffer, but I just don't know for sure since all I used it for was a printer and the printer has its own power of course. I wish I could give you a definitive answer on the power part, but I'm sure it would work with a USB hub just fine, especially if the hub has a power supply for itself.
2228768
This acts as the power supply for mobiles, tablets. You need to plug this in the car and plug USB into this port.
329624
This hub isn't for doing that. It's for adding USB slots when your computer's USB slots are filled. I have USB lines from two external drives, a printer, a mouse, and a cooling pad hooked up to my hub. You'll still need to plug your external drives power adaptors into a suge surpressor.