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Originally Posted by frolinmod
My laptop has a feature that allows me to disable battery charging while plugged into an external power source. Disabling laptop battery charging cuts the laptop power usage in half. I don't want or need the external power source to charge the laptop battery, just to power the laptop, so I always turn this feature on when I'm in the field running off a set of external lead acid batteries. If I want the laptop battery charged, I'll charge it some other time/place. Does your laptop have a "disable battery charging" feature? And of course for the smallest power draw use,
a DC/DC converter to power the laptop rather than an AC adapter.
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G'Day mate
Sorry for not getting back to I have been in hospital having my shoulder muscle stitch back to my shoulder before they snap .I am going with a DC/DC converter to power the laptop I can get a dell car charge from the states as Dell in Australia don't carry them ,so I hope this will fix my problem
Ian C
