It all depends on the laptop manufacturer. Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 N 43.13.406 W 73.37.431 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosalie B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] 12v computer
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:54:29 -0300, you 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? > > I've always just plugged my laptops into a cigarette lighter plug like > the ones on cars. We have plenty of those on our boat. Do you not > have them? I just use the car/flight adapter plugs. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1524 - Release Date: 28/06/2008 7:42 PM _______________________________________________ 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
