Do any of you folks have experience running a laptop from battery power via an inverter? I will be operating Field Day from a remote location and cannot use a generator. I'll be using my K2 QRP with
As a mobile in several state qso parties each year, I run my IBM 760C with a "car adapter", i.e. a DC-DC inverter, supplied by a 26AH battery. After 12 hours the battery is pretty well sucked down (t
a laptop from battery power via an inverter? << For portable, mobileand low power situations I use old IBM ThinkPad that runs of 12V and has B/W screen visible in a daylight. I use TRlog in DOS mode
My laptop runs off 24 volts DC. I built an inverter using the Linear Tech LT1070 chip. It generally draws between 0.5 and 1 amp at 24v (that's 1 to 2 amps at 12v) when the disk drive is running but t