On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 09:36:03 +1300, "Bob Owen"
wrote:

Does any know which laptops run off 12 volt and therefore do not need an
inverter I think the old Toshiba one did
Cheers Bob

I have never had trouble getting a 12-V charger for any laptop. I have
used NEC, IBM, and Toshiba.



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a


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Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote
I have never had trouble getting a 12-V charger for any laptop. I have
used NEC, IBM, and Toshiba.

I have a recent vintage Hewlett-Pacard Pavilion ZE series laptop with
an HP supplied 90 watt AC wall wart. I wanted to run off 12v DC so
called HP support and asked about an "airline adapter" (computer
geek-speak for a 12v power convertor). He said they don't make one
for the Pavilion series and recommended I not use an aftermarket
convertor, because none of them are rated for 90 watts, and typically
12v power sources aren't rated for 8 amps continuous on planes, etc.

He said the Pavilion's are power hungry workstation substitutes and
not meant to use 12v, and that I should get an invertor of the proper
size if I really had to run off 12v.

Oh well . . .

I run a Dell Latitude off an auto/air adapter made by Lind Electronics
- works great. No need for an inverter. See:
http://www.lindelectronics.com/ they make them for a large number of
laptops.

Eric

Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote in message . ..
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 09:36:03 +1300, "Bob Owen"
wrote:

Does any know which laptops run off 12 volt and therefore do not need an
inverter I think the old Toshiba one did
Cheers Bob

I have never had trouble getting a 12-V charger for any laptop. I have
used NEC, IBM, and Toshiba.



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a


"Wanting to meet a writer because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pate."
Margaret Atwood