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Originally Posted by merlin8r
You just beat me to it. Save your money and power, just buy the DC to DC converter. Has a ciggy plug on one end, an output voltage selector, and an output jack. A lot more efficient than stepping 12V up to 240, then back down to whatever your laptop uses. I had a sparky test this for me at the Macquarie Uni open night a while back. the inverter used about 4 times the power!
Clear skies,
Shane
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Thanks for the confirmation Shane, it seemed logical it would be less drain on the source, and Ive never had an inverter for comparison.
Mind you it dont take long for the laptop to drain a 100aH battery no matter what you use.
