How To Make Your Own USB Car Charger For Any iPod Or Other Devices That Charge Via USB

Step 2 Parts and Equipment List

Parts and Equipment list:
- Motorola Car Charger for i205 i305 i315 i325 i530 i710 i720 i730 i733 i740 i830 i860 i870 cell phones.
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Any car charger that has an output of 4.75v to 5.25v. (Note: I also used a Belkin Mobile Power Cord (#F8V7078-E-MK, $7.68 at Wal-Mart) which has an output of about 5.8v and it works fine as well, but to be safe, stay in the 5v range so you dont burn out the voltage regulator in your iPod. Also, be sure that your car charger has some sort of fuse protection)

-USB extension cable USB A/A M/F (you should have a least one of these somewhere)
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=ST-USB_AF3&c=fr&pid=9d74a4948438b33137c81b66f3ec48b417c1105b913c3328f029edfa8dc114c4

Some sort of USB connection to your iPod I use an Apple iPod Dock Connector to FireWire and USB 2.0 Cable for everything that I do with my iPod, as its the only dock connector I own.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72202/wo/Vy6wwZ58BjbI2pgNjNCfS0CVrsj/5.SLID?mco=52A56EB0&nplm=M9688G%2FA
Voltage Meter

Soldering iron, Solder, heat-shrink tubing

A pair of cable strippers

Scissors

Comments

[UrbanWomble]

This is fun but I bought a very neat and tidy 5V USB adaptor for GBP1.50. As an intellectual exercise, this is fine, but an hour or so of my time has to be weighed up against such a small amount to pay! Have a nice day.

[GanadoRH]

Dollar Tree stores (I'm in TX, not sure of their locations) carry cords with female USB end for $1. That's a good price.

I also got an already built cigar lighter to female USB converter at Big Lots! for only a couple dollars.