> That is way overboard. If it's just the laptop then 50W will do. > There is a simple reason for this. The (US) National Electrical Code > defines low power wiring as anything carrying less than 50W (with a > voltage limitation too I think). Anything over this gets a lot more > involved with regard to certification.
With all due respect - bull. US N.E.C. has nothing to do with real-worl usage in this case. I myself have, (in the ten+ years I've been supporting network/desktop/laptop hardware), encountered more than one laptop that would peg and shutdown a 140W inverter. I had a simple PII-233 notebook that did it to one of mine and killed the inverter dead. I'm not talking about cheap non-ULish inverters either. > None of the Apple (or other make) laptop power supply I've seen are > rated for more than 50W. If your laptop was using 200W or more you > wouldn't be able to hold it, it would be too hot. Again - bull. Try running a new PowerBook on a 50W inverter then don't call me when it doesn't work. As for the heat thing - try an IBM ThinkPad 760XL without the heat-patch installed in Windows. The power supply will draw well over 150W during full use and physically overheat PCMCIA cards on top of it - that one killed a modem AND a network card before IBM admitted the problem. Mike Hebel -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
