Is it possible to power a laptop w/ the 'cigarette lighter'?

[leevin]

yeah, ive got a belkin one, ive powered my laptop a few times for road trips =]
on a funny note, we plugged a kettle into it to whilst we had a black out to make a cuppa... lol not good for the fuses haha. (friends car not mine).

[jamez707]

i got a 12v plug in adaptor one of the generic ones that come with a few types of connections works fine not a problem...im still wanting to gat an inverter one day i just need to find a way to mount my 32 inch lcd to the dash..........any ideas?

[Bandit]

i just need to find a way to mount my 32 inch lcd to the dash..........

[LZY_EYE]

I reckon a 32" LCD would look good in the back of your sportsback Bandit

[tmr_colt]

if you guys ever buy belkin stuff, never pay full price for it.

i worked @ the good guys for 3 1/2 years selling digital cameras & computers and can tell you there's usually at least 100% markup on belkin products..

good stuff, but wayyy too much profit on them

[Bandit]

I reckon a 32" LCD would look good in the back of your sportsback Bandit

I don't even have a tv that big in my house

[jamez707]

that tv is my main computer monitor and i have a 19 for a secondary monitor

[anzac_77]

I got an adapter from DSE a year ago, its pretty good but havent really used it much. it has a lot of different adapters to fit many brands

[El-Diablo]

go with belkin

[afro_inc]

There's 2 different types of inverters u can get... Modified an pure sine wave... Modified is a raw kind of power used for things like power tools with quite wide tolerences for spiking an Wat not... Pure sine wave is exactly as the name suggests but is perfect for electrically sensitive equipment like ur laptop for running straight from or charging. Jaycar stock both pure is more expensive like double from my memory. They will also do a charger specifically for charging ur laptop

[Fitter]

When I worked for wow sight n sound we put a 32" tv into the back of a new model VW beetle... Was nuts

[WTR]

Theres 2 different types of inverters u can get... Modified an pure sine wave... Modified is a raw kind of power used for things like power tools with quite wide tolerences for spiking an Wat not... Pure sine wave is exactly as the name suggests but is perfect for electrically sensitive equipment like ur laptop for running straight from or charging. Jaycar stock both pure is more expensive like double from my memory. They will also do a charger specifically for charging ur laptop

WTF ? You do not need an inverter to charge/power phones/laptops/GPS etc. from the car cigarette lighter socket .... a 12v DC to **v DC converter is all you need.

[LZY_EYE]

And you don't need a pure sine wave for a laptop anyways. The AC adapter converts the 240v to 16v or what ever the laptop is..

But like Ron says, you don't need an inverter anyways...

[afro_inc]

I Was just saying... I know u don't need it to charge anything... but u can do more with it in the future was the point I was making.

And yes i agree you can run the laptop from a modified but a pure sine for a laptop or tv or computer is better the pure puts out cleaner electricity. More chance of frying the charger or if it has an internal power supply like a tv you will toast the whole tv.