Gene,
I have no idea about the benifits of one vs the other, the only thing I
would say, is if yyou do go the DC route, to run it off the fuse box as
opposed to a battery. The alternator attached to the battery, will give you
more than 12v and could cause interesting things to happen
- Z
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:16 AM, WestHurley ComputerReCycling <
[email protected]> wrote:
> A friend is planning a field trip with an older Laptop. He wants to run
> this Laptop and charge its battery from a 12V auto battery.
>
> As a result, he was wondering what is more efficient for this a DC to DC
> Converter or a DC to AC Inverter?
>
> I have no idea but hope someone may have researched this and knows the
> answer.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gene
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