Hi, Philip: We tried using our laptop, an HP Pavillion, with a 12 volt cigarette lighter type power brick, but no joy. The laptop stays on all day and I was trying to avoid need to run the inverter all day as well. It sort of worked, but the computer did weird things that could only be fixed by frequent re-boots. I'm guessing the 12 volt juice wasn't clean enough or steady enough or pure enough or something.
Once we switched back to the AC power brick plugged into the wall socket, there were no more problems. This wasn't a big hassle since our "all in one" printer (an HP, I think) needed the AC juice anyhow and we already had the line close by. At any rate, I'm not sure if there are many "serious" 12 volt printers on the market, so you may not have much choice in that area. Good luck! Phil McGovern s/v Sunshine PDQ 36 On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Philip & Marilyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does any one run their laptop directly from the house mains? The output > from my power brick says 17 volts, but the internal battery supplies 14.4 > which most likely drops to less than 13.8 when under load - so nominal ~13v > dc aught to run it. Question is where to make the connection. Just plug into > the power inlet in the back like the brick does? > > Any problems with this hook--up? > > Thanks > Philip > > "Be the change you want to see" > *Philip & Marilyn Lange > AE4OV & KD4JRC, > * ORYOKI > *Witness 35 Catamaran > * > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >
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