Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars Posted July 28, 2007 If I wanted to power a laptop from the cars power supply would it just be a caes of having an invertor I could plug the normal power supply into? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveK 0 Posted July 28, 2007 yeah you mean the 12v to 230v thing? should be fine, my dad does it alot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Super Josh 4 Posted July 28, 2007 If I wanted to power a laptop from the cars power supply would it just be a caes of having an invertor I could plug the normal power supply into? You can use one of those, although they are quite cumbersome and very inefficient. Some don't produce a sine wave output, so can be bad for your laptop PSU. I use one of these, cheaper than an inverter too Josh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreigner 0 Posted July 28, 2007 (edited) You can use one of those, although they are quite cumbersome and very inefficient. Some don't produce a sine wave output, so can be bad for your laptop PSU. I use one of these, cheaper than an inverter too Josh I am using similar as I am writing this reply in my car hooked on someone else wifi network, running the power supply of jump start box but only because my armada m300 is penium 2 300 mhz using about 30w of power. If you have later laptop they tend to use about 100w so this will not be enough. I would get a invertor from maplin for £15 it's rated 150W check the wattage on ur laptop. You'll find plenty of use for that , trust me it's good investment. Edited July 28, 2007 by foreigner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremy 71 Posted July 29, 2007 I use a plug invertor in the wifes car to charge the childrens Nintendo DS and the camera batteries in her Kia. I tried to use it for a playstation in the same car however it produce and audio distortion sound, however when plugged in my 205 I had no problems. I paid £25 for a 150W ring one from Motorworld. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
