On Wednesday 02 November 2005 22:19, Edmund Storms wrote: > I suggest if you want to power serious items that you attach the DC-AC > inverter directly to the 12 V battery. Remember, for a 100 W load at > 110 V, the current at 12 V will be about 10 A, which is about the limit > of most wiring at an outlet in a car. In any case, you need to know the > wiring limit, in addition to the battery limit. > > Ed > > Jed Rothwell wrote: > > Actually, any car will do, but a hybrid is particularly well-suited to > > this application. See: > > > > http://www.invertersrus.com/priusinverter.html > > > > If I did not already have an emergency 3 kW generator I would get one of > > these gadgets. I am thinking of getting the 75 W version, that plugs > > into the dashboard DC outlet. > > > > I have heard that this $34 "Kill-A-Watt" AC watt meter is pretty good > > too: > > > > http://www.invertersrus.com/killawatt.html > > > > I would like to buy one and send it to Mark Mills, the guy who claims > > that the average personal computer consumes 1 kW. That would be pretty > > funny except that resident Bush and the Wall Street Journal have quoted > > him, and he has been invited to testify before Congress. He is with the > > Greening Earth Society, the coal industry front organization that is > > trying to convince the world that global warming is good for you. > > > > This gives you an idea of who makes national energy policy in the U.S., > > and how much they know about the subject. > > > > - Jed
Many years ago I had a computer that consumed more than a kilowatt, but not by much. It was an IBM system 34 that I got at a yard sale for a couple hundred dollars. It ran pretty good for a while, but repairmen were pretty scarce for it and the hard drive took a dive. That baby came with a hefty printer, too. An old line printer. Standing Bear
