Quite right. I had a colour laserjet 5 that would suck down 5 amps at startup, and every few minutes after that.
You can run them on a UPS, but the VA rating has to be astronomical to cover the peaks. And if the power is off you probably have other things to do than print some pages. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2005 10:19 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT inverters, WAS appie batteries. *NEVER* plug a lazer printer into an UPS! They initially draw a huge current which'll screw them up. Steve On Thu, September 1, 2005 9:52 am, Nick Rout wrote: > you can buy generic car adaptors for laptops, but because the voltage > required is something between about 16 and 19 volts (depending on the > laptop) and a fair amount of power they tend to be expensive ish. DSE > and Jaycar should stock them. > > > On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:29:06 +1200 > Craig FALCONER wrote: > >> I have a car PSU specific to my laptop - works wonderfully. >> >> I also have a DSE inverter that provides a 240 V normal wall outlet >> in the car, so you can use your normal mains PSU or other normal >> gear. Give me a >> yell off list if you want to borrow it. >> Note you can't run a laser printer or any motor off this inverter. >> >> > > Thats interesting, i have an electrician mate who reckons he will put > a printer in his van so he can give you an invoice when he finishes > the job [1] - is this a problem with all inverters or just certain > ones? > > [1] I think he got the idea from a mutual friend who is an > anaethetist, who pins his bill to the trolley on the way out of > theatre. > > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?
