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Old 13-01-2007, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gama View Post
What you need to do is not use the power supply for the note book.
This is very inefficient, and so you need a 12V to 18V inverter. You can make these or buy them. I made one for my old LX200, and worked fine. Only a few components, and a small veroboard, or buy one from ebay or somewhere.
Make sure it can supply at least 4 amps.
That should keep your laptop going much better than a AC inverter and switchmode laptop supply.
I use this thing: http://www.kerio.com.tw/products_a_70a.html to great effect. Very power efficient, and hardly touches your car battery.

I've seen them in DSE.
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