What's a good place to buy laptop AC adaptor for CAR?

[Clair de Lune]

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[Fayd]

wouldnt that be a DC adapter?

 

[Clair de Lune]

Originally posted by: Fayd
wouldnt that be a DC adapter?

Yes. I see some ones in Amazon with reviews, which is relieving. But they're nearly $40 with shipping.

 

[ribbon13]

Why not just buy an DC-AC inverter? It wouldn't take a high-wattage unit for your needs and so would be a relatively affordable alternative.

 

[Clair de Lune]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Why not just buy an DC-AC inverter? It wouldn't take a high-wattage unit for your needs and so would be a relatively affordable alternative.

The $40 one is the converter one..

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Ad...&qid=1251083317&sr=1-1

 

[KoolAidKid]

I got an inverter at wal-mart for around $15.

 

[lxskllr]

Inverter's the way to go. That's what I always used in my vehicles. Not only will it power the laptop, you can use it for other things also. If you want to get crafty, you could get a high wattage inverter, and hide it in the vehicle. Then hardwire an A/C outlet somewhere nifty, and run a microwave, fridge, TV, or whatever with it.

 

[Clair de Lune]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Inverter's the way to go. That's what I always used in my vehicles. Not only will it power the laptop, you can use it for other things also. If you want to get crafty, you could get a high wattage inverter, and hide it in the vehicle. Then hardwire an A/C outlet somewhere nifty, and run a microwave, fridge, TV, or whatever with it.

Can the car really handle all those? I really doubt it can run a fridge, tv, or microwave, let alone together.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Clair de Lune

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Inverter's the way to go. That's what I always used in my vehicles. Not only will it power the laptop, you can use it for other things also. If you want to get crafty, you could get a high wattage inverter, and hide it in the vehicle. Then hardwire an A/C outlet somewhere nifty, and run a microwave, fridge, TV, or whatever with it.

Can the car really handle all those? I really doubt it can run a fridge, tv, or microwave, let alone together.

Worst case scenario: You get stranded on Mercury, far from any gas station.



Edit: Choke on that, causality!

 

[l0cke]

Dealextreme.com

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Clair de Lune

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Inverter's the way to go. That's what I always used in my vehicles. Not only will it power the laptop, you can use it for other things also. If you want to get crafty, you could get a high wattage inverter, and hide it in the vehicle. Then hardwire an A/C outlet somewhere nifty, and run a microwave, fridge, TV, or whatever with it.

Can the car really handle all those? I really doubt it can run a fridge, tv, or microwave, let alone together.

Sure it can. You won't be using the lighter plug to power the inverter, but if you hardwire it to the battery with suitable cables you can run all those things I mentioned. Not at the same time without an electrical system upgrade, but any one of them can be powered by a typical car.

Edit:
grammar

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: l0cke
Dealextreme.com

I've been shopping on there, but all the ones for US are really expensive.

 

[allisolm]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog...do?product_id=11063326

http://www.walmart.com/catalog....do?product_id=4809766

 

[bignateyk]

Another vote for an inverter. I have a 400 watt - 2 plug inverter that I use to plug in laptops, cell phones, GPS units.

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Another vote for an inverter. I have a 400 watt - 2 plug inverter that I use to plug in laptops, cell phones, GPS units.

Another vote for using an inverter as well. It's basically a power socket in your car. Plug inverter in (and for your uses you can get one that plugs in through the power socket/cig lighter) and then plug laptop into inverter.

 

[mugs]

Did anyone suggest an inverter?

 

[AMDZen]

ebay

 

[reallyscrued]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Inverter's the way to go. That's what I always used in my vehicles. Not only will it power the laptop, you can use it for other things also. If you want to get crafty, you could get a high wattage inverter, and hide it in the vehicle. Then hardwire an A/C outlet somewhere nifty, and run a microwave, fridge, TV, or whatever with it.

Believe it or not, I ran my z-5300s in my 96 camry with this exact method. The inverter kept overheating though, the power draw when the bass hit must've been crazy. My friend and I fashioned a way to have the inverter mounted in the groove of my windshield cowl so when I drove, it was air cooled.

Stay classy.