Thread: Amps drawn by laptop & scope setup
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Old 18-10-2006, 11:08 PM
bird (Anthony Wesley)
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Yes, I measured the current draw in the field once upon a time with my Dell inspiron 8500 laptop (2GHz p4-mobile), came to about 5A @ 12V, but then I was running that into a 240v inverter so maybe I was losing 10% efficiency or something.

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