Re: OT: Charging a Macbook in the woods

2018-07-10 Thread Todd Cole
I have never really researched it but most inverters out put a square wave vs AC uses a sine wave. As a 30 year RV owner and one that uses a good inverter/laptop in my car. I have never had a issue. I do make sure I have a good battery as a filter and a surge protector might be a good idea. 5

Re: OT: Charging a Macbook in the woods

2018-07-10 Thread Ted Gould
On Jul 10 2018, at 12:30 am, Victor Odhner wrote: > My wife has a tablet (Sansung SM-T530NU Nook) that can be charged in my > truck. But it rejects every attempt to load from the Macbook via USB cable or > BlueTooth — the devices see each other, but can’t quite get a connection. > Only

OT: Charging a Macbook in the woods

2018-07-09 Thread Victor Odhner
I researched power inverters, figuring that I can charge my Macbook while camping. It turns out, as far as I can tell from the user reviews, that the affordable inverters (even some less affordable) don’t satisfy a PC’s AC quality requirements. There are happy customers, but the reports of