Powering a laptop

Thanks Willem and eerfree this will save me some dollars much appreciated.
Drifta

Hi there Derek,

Yep - repacking is a great solution and usually cheaper, but some batteries can't be repacked - the packaging is ruined in the process of pulling them apart. Also, some of them have little computer chips in them, which do not take well to the process.

I find that a great crowd to help - even by mail order - for laptop and similar batteries is The Battery Bar in Adelaide Arcade (in Adelaide surprise surprise) - assuming the ever-reliable ABR don't sell the same products ;-)

I run my laptops - and a miriad of other pariphernalia off a 500W Pure Sinewave Inverter that runs off a dual battery system provided by Derek.

Remember to back up your memories regardless - the journal and all those digital photos - onto CD-ROMs regularly - the punishment meted out to 4WDing laptops, can result in their premature demise - unless you want an excuse to do the trip again.

Ciao for now
Andrew.