Alternative Power was ...battery/ inverter capacity
John R Pierce (pierce@No-Spam)
Thu, 13 Jul 1999 19:49:16 -0700
> I don't want to use the car battery with an inverter, so I'm planning on
> using gel cells. However, I'm looking for a recommendation on where to
get
> an inexpensive inverter to convert the gel cell's 12v output to 110v for
the
> purpose of charging my laptop battery.
well, how many AC watts is the lappies powerbrick rated at? That will
determine how much of a inverter you need. The most efficient way of going
is getting a car adapter for your laptop from the manufacturer. This way
its just DC->DC instead of DC->AC->DC.
-jrp