Re: [Elecraft] Laptop Power Supplies

2018-06-20 Thread Jim Brown
On 6/19/2018 7:50 PM, Howard Hoyt wrote: With FD upon us, I have been receiving requests for a low-RFI supply like the 14 V Kx33, but in a 19 V version for laptops.  For those of you who have such laptops, what is the current demand, and what is the most common plug which such a supply would

Re: [Elecraft] Laptop Power Supplies

2018-06-20 Thread Steve Kavanagh via Elecraft
My old HP supply is marked 18.5V 3.5A. My wife's newer HP is 19.5V 2.31 A. The two DC plugs are very different (not sure how to specify them). that could be an interesting product. Mind you, experiments have shown that my laptop creates a bit of RFI from every port (USBs, audio etc.) and

Re: [Elecraft] Laptop Power Supplies

2018-06-20 Thread Peter Pauly
I have a Macbook, but you can use a similar method I bought a separate power cord (DC portion only) on ebay, like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/302450843303 and used a boost converter to take 12 volts in and boost it up to the required 14-19 volts (depending on the model) needed by the

[Elecraft] Laptop Power Supplies

2018-06-19 Thread Howard Hoyt
Hi all, With FD upon us, I have been receiving requests for a low-RFI supply like the 14 V Kx33, but in a 19 V version for laptops.  For those of you who have such laptops, what is the current demand, and what is the most common plug which such a supply would need to have? Cheers, 73 & good