75w Inverter good for laptop?
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How much wattage does your laptop require?
You kinda need to know that
Go look at the power supply for it. It should say.
You kinda need to know that
Go look at the power supply for it. It should say.
As ^Beavis^ said, It all depends on how big your laptop is.
Given it is your basic/average laptop, A 100 watt DC/AC Inverter is recommended...It just depends on how much power YOUR laptop will be pulling.
I've used a 100 watt inverter for two different laptops before...it was enough to keep it powered.
Jeff
Given it is your basic/average laptop, A 100 watt DC/AC Inverter is recommended...It just depends on how much power YOUR laptop will be pulling.
I've used a 100 watt inverter for two different laptops before...it was enough to keep it powered.
Jeff
My macbook pro's power supply is rated for 180 watts in... so definitly not enough for something high end.
why on earth are you using an invertor for your laptop? the laptop needs DC! and most laptops are 12V inputs as well....dig around, you should be able to find a car/airplane adaptor for it.
Ahem!!! I make a few comments about Indy and look at the treatment I get....jerk....Boost Lee said:As ^Beavis^ said, It all depends on how big your laptop is.
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Dr. Jonez, the laptop's power supply will pull AC, and transform to DC. Just like plugging it into a wall at home, it gets AC current into the power sup.
I run a 175W inverter, its a Jensen brand and it only cost like 50 bucks. Its lasted at least 4 or 5 years and still running fine, so I don't see why you wouldn't just go with a cheaper but higher wattage inverter like I did. They'll all last you plenty long. And I've never had a problem powering anything I wanted. In retrospect I almost wish I had gotten a higher wattage one so I could run a few things at a time (and really kill the car's battery
). Bottom line: I wouldn't waste my money on anything less than 150W.
Oh, and MkIIIman, really? 180W? Seems kinda high. Just surprised.
ChadMKIII said:
i'm aware of that....and then by using an inverter in your car, you're taking the car's 12V DC, converting to AC (poorly), then using your laptop's transformer to rectifiy the poor AC back to DC for your laptop. see my point?
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Ah. Didn't think of that. Sorry for doubtingdrjonez said:
I haven't looked much, but I haven't really heard of something that scales the power from a 12V DC up to more DC. They have stuff that would be OK for regular items that would not output AC? And also, how then would something like a laptop transformer, which is designed for AC input, deal with DC? Would that put wear on the transformer? (Serious questions - I really don't know)
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ChadMKIII said:Ah. Didn't think of that. Sorry for doubting
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ChadMKIII said:I haven't looked much, but I haven't really heard of something that scales the power from a 12V DC up to more DC. They have stuff that would be OK for regular items that would not output AC? And also, how then would something like a laptop transformer, which is designed for AC input, deal with DC? Would that put wear on the transformer? (Serious questions - I really don't know)
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you need to see if there is a car/plane adaptor made for your laptop....
My laptop is rated to draw 80W. My buddy and I (same laptops) once ran both laptops off of a 200w power inverter while charging, and it worked fine.
75W should be fine, especially if it's hooked up to a battery, and not through the cigarette lighter.
75W should be fine, especially if it's hooked up to a battery, and not through the cigarette lighter.
Yeah that will work, mine was a P4 2.8empera said:it did say you can use notebook pc's on the box
ChadMKIII said:
I'm sure you could find a suitable dc-dc convertor (maybe an adjustable one) not specific to the laptop which would work too.
...but it would probobly be cheaper to buy an inverter and do the back-and-forth conversion, since inverters are pretty common, and you already have the AC-DC power supply.