Inverters

Lovejoy · Post by **Lovejoy** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:49 am

That sounds more expensive and complicated than carrying my DAB to the Bongo whenever I go out. Along with a ton of other stuff I seem to need just for a day out.

I am beginning to know what people with children must feel like when going out for the day

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:53 pm

Sorry Mike - forgot to reply to your post...................I wedged the top of the invertor to the dashboard with a block of dense foam.

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:18 pm

Excellent Dandy - so simple. I'll try that & thanks.

Mike

Post by **Simon Jones** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:42 pm

Here's an idea: I've just come across a few 650watt UPS's from work which are being chucked out as the 12v batteries are knackered. My idea is to use one as an invertor which should give a nice clean output which would obviously be suitable for a PC. The only down side is that they would normally only run for 30 mins or so until the backup battery went flat, but with the addition of a small fan, I can't see any reason why this would not run much longer.

Any thoughts?

Dave up north · Post by **Dave up north** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:52 pm

My cheapo 150W inverter runs my laptop ok from the cigar lighter.
It has to, as my laptop battery now has a life of about 2 minutes

Bumbly1 · Post by **Bumbly1** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:23 am

Dave up north wrote:My cheapo 150W inverter runs my laptop ok from the cigar lighter.
It has to, as my laptop battery now has a life of about 2 minutes

I have an HP laptop with a 3.5a demand, will a 150w inverter power this? This is the most power I will require and I could use it for phone and camera battery charging too when not on the laptop?

Bumbly1 · Post by **Bumbly1** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:38 am

My wife has questioned my sanity (again) asking why I want to take a laptop on holiday!

She has a point so I will be going without and enjoying two weeks free of the web!

ebygum32 · Post by **ebygum32** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:35 pm

wired my 150w invertor that i got from makro to the passanger footwell as there is a 8 mm stud that it can be bolted onto and i split my leisure battery feed in two so i have a tripple DC socket and the other goes to the invertor, i always use my laptop on the invertor and there has never been any problem, the DC side i power my 10.2 lcd dvb tv through it and they both last for a good few days before i charge the battery,