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Thread ID: 62220 2005-09-30 21:58:00 Car Power Supply for Dell Inspiron 6000 Big John (551) Press F1
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392340 2005-10-05 10:41:00 Great response Billy T and Godfather, and thanks for bringing the subject up Big John, much appreciated. Jester (13)
392341 2005-10-05 20:37:00 What Inverter did you get, Big john?

This one? (www.dse.co.nz)

Sounds interesting :)

My laptop's power unit says 19V 3.42Amps. Does watts = amps x volts? Trying to remember the triangle thing here from school about 20 years ago lol) So that's 65Amps draw? I also see that the input supply to the laptop charger is 100~240V so I guess if the voltage drops it will still work.

How is 'inverted' 12V AC Power for charging the laptop, is it as efficient as pure mains power?

Sorry about the questions, but this will solve my "going away at Xams without any power" problem :D

The one I got was DIGITOR Inverter 12V-240V 300W.

It was charging nicely on the way home while I had it running TUMON and live tracking using a GPS on the USB port. Went from 51% charge to 88% charge in 45 minutes trip home. However had it been turned off it probably would have been fully charged.
Big John (551)
392342 2005-10-06 07:18:00 get netstumbler so you can record where the networks are, its even better with a gps hooked up to netstumbler ;)

Where would I find this?
stu161204 (123)
392343 2005-10-06 08:40:00 Where would I find this?

Do a Google search on the word netstumbler. It would be the first on the list. At least it was on mine. Picked up my network at home fine and said it was all secure although I do broadcast the SSID. It did make my connection useless though until I turned it off and let windows take control of the wireless card again but that was just a few clicks.
Have'nt tried it with the GPS yet. Maybe for a rainy day (Gee it has been raining all day)
Big John (551)
392344 2005-10-06 09:08:00 Do a Google search on the word netstumbler. It would be the first on the list. At least it was on mine. Picked up my network at home fine and said it was all secure although I do broadcast the SSID. It did make my connection useless though until I turned it off and let windows take control of the wireless card again but that was just a few clicks.
Have'nt tried it with the GPS yet. Maybe for a rainy day (Gee it has been raining all day)

Thanks Big John :)


(Gee it has been raining all day)

hehe
stu161204 (123)
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