The proper solution is a voltage regulator, and I found a little board that outputs 12V from anything up to 35V. We will see how that works.
And the answer is - nada, zilch. I have 3 of them, and all output 5V, not 12V. I checked my order - they must have shipped me the wrong one. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cry.gif)