From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would at a minimum put a fuse right off the battery pack.
Good idea, as the voltage drops the current will (?) increase in order to deliver the same amount of power and at some point it won't be good...
Well the laptop's power circuitry should protect against that. The fuse on the batery pack is SOP to protect against short circuits. Either a cable problem or something contacting the power connector. Depending on the battery type you can have a very high short circuit current which can burn out wiring, melt plastic casing, cause burns againt skin and other problems.
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Clark Martin
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