Laptop power

Jaycarae a 12v laptop charger at the moment for $39.95

Jaycar stuff is good but the Kerio adaptors at Dick Smith are great and have a long standing rep for the job. Not cheap at $90 but they will run and charge your computer where as a lot of others will only charge.

Cheers Mick

What Mick is saying is buy a CONVERTER that ups the car voltage to what the laptop uses usually about 19 volts.

An inverter is Ok except if someone spills a drink on it it may well light up your life somwhat if you get what I mean.

Much safer to stay on low voltage as it will do exactly what you want

Projecta also make them and are available at some Battery World shops.
Make sure you buy a 6 amp model as the 3amp ones arent quite powerful enough for most laptops and heat up when you start doing things on them.


have tried both and prefer the low voltage method

Cheers

Hi Cram,

I have set up a 600 Watt inverter (bought off Ebay) connected to my second battery. I then connect a power board to the inverter and run my Laptop and 8 inch TFT screen and can charge my mobile all at the same time. This set up works well for me.

Hi Cram,

Had a similar thought with an inverter setup to run the Dell laptop on our road trip. While many have had success with any type of inverter, modified or pure sine wave types, we searched through e-bay to find a 12v power supply to suit our particlar computer. Had no trouble with the power supply, even with some heavy use during the trip, downloading photographs off the camera or checking e-mails and a little web surfing as the connection permitted. Better safe than sorry, though others could differ in their opinion and the end cost was not too great as insurance for the computer.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Wayne.
PS It may be even cheaper if you can source you i-pod charger from the same supplier.
W.

I have an IGO Adapter



IGO PS00099

Plugs into your cigarette lighter socket and straight into the laptop.

Never had an issue with it. It can also charge many other things including Ipod's if you purchase the correct tip.

Cheers
Alan

G'day Cram, I run a 500 watt "Pure" sine wave inverter. I've travelled thousands of K's in remote and rough places, I use it to charge laptops (one of which runs continuously for my GPS tracking system) digital camera, sat phone, torch batteries etc. Hard wire it to your auxilliary battery and keep output leads (240 volt) short and safe and you won't have a problem.
PS Make sure it is a "Pure sine" inverter, as modified sine can heat up modern electronic chargers.
Safe travelling.
Greg.