Talk:EmPower (aircraft power adapter)

Does anyone know the pinout & specs for this standard? I've found close-ups of the male connector showing the 4 pins, but no documentation on what each is, or if there's a shield.

_____________________________EDIT______________________ I found it.

http://www.hypertronics.com/PDFs/ARINC%20628.pdf


 * I believe that EmPower originally referred to an in-seat power system using 14.7 volt automotive cigar lighter sockets, but that the EmPower brand now referrs to sockets using the ARINC 628 specification, a radically different connector. The technology was originated by Primex Aerospace Company

--Peter K. Sheerin, K6WEB 19:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Clearly notable
This is the industry standard power adapter to allow passengers to use laptops and other electronics in flight. Here are some sources I found very quickly using Google News' archive search; unfortunately most are abstracts with the original articles behind paywalls: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:27, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.forbes.com/travel/2007/07/05/travel-flying-business-forbeslife-cx_lk_0706biztravel.html
 * http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28075103_ITM
 * http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6218520_ITM
 * http://www.iht.com/articles/2000/05/05/trinter.t.php?page=1
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2006/05/02/ecrboot02.xml&sSheet=/connected/2006/05/02/ixconn.html
 * http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04FC29158A30B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

Picture of Empower adaptor
when i get a Empower Adapter ,when im going on vacation i'll take a picture to put on this article--Hybirdd (talk) 07:36, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay hope I be able to get funded or anything going to start and finishing publishing Whitpinkia (talk) 08:03, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

What is this?
re recent edits and reversions - what voltage is this? So far it's either 110V AC, 5V DC (USB) or 15V on a proprietary connector.

I can see notability for a 15V system that is technically distinct and is specifically known as EmPower (subject to the usual WP:N / WP:V issues). As a mere supplier brand of 110VAC outlets for use on aircraft though, I'm not seeing notability here. Andy Dingley (talk) 07:43, 1 August 2017 (UTC)


 * The 15V system received much press coverage. That coverage included much mention of the company, which establishes notability for the supplier. And notability does not expire just because they're now making 110AC systems. Nor is notability required for every point an article mentions; WP:N applies only to entire article subjects. Jeh (talk) 19:43, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The recent edits though have removed all the information about the 15V DC system which made them notable in the first place. IMO that information needs to be put back but put in proper historic context. Plugwash (talk) 22:21, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The 15V system is not just of historical interest, as it still exists on many aircraft. I've reverted the article to the last point the 15 V system content was there, and pasted the content that replaced it at the bottom of the article. Peter K. Sheerin 16:42, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

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Jan.26th.2020

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