Power inverters

Set · Post by **Set** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:45 pm

Hey guys

I'm looking in to getting a 12v DC power inverter for the work truck to run my lap top off.. whats the min watts i should look at?

ace · Post by **ace** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:19 pm

Good to see you around Set, hows it been going?

I use a 400 watt inverter with two outputs. I always have my laptop on one and the other one is either charging drill batteries or a wavetek meter.

I have this model
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=4891079

I also have a black and decker but cant find the link for it. Both work great but I like the black and decker because of the soft start technology. Its easier on the startup and it also shuts down when I turn the key off on my van.

Set · Post by **Set** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:34 pm

hey ace.. Not to bad at all. How about you man? Think 200W will get me by with just the lappy? But then again the price isnt to bad on that 400W

Thanx for the help bro

PsykoPenguin · Post by **PsykoPenguin** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:36 pm

from what I've seen you can run a laptop off a 100watt. I don't know what the minimum is for a laptop really probably 75 watts for a laptop when heavily used. Of course that's just based off some 1.25 ghz mac with a 15 inch screen. so I'd say your 200watts should be enough. I went with some 400 watt inverter a while back to run my xbox 360 on and a 15 inch LCD screen and that worked just fine for both things. Though if you want to connect a ton of things to it I'd recommend getting the 1200 watt. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=5301540

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:31 pm

200w should be plenty for most laptops