> I'm not really the grammar buff, but isn't the "12-volt" an attributive
> noun (but still a noun)?

Yes, a noun adjunct. Loosely (perhaps subjectively) an adjective

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attributive_adjective#Attributive_adjective

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