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 5329 Posts Member #: 140 Proven 200+bhp & Avon Park 05,06,07 Class D 3rd place |
12th Feb, 2008 at 06:11:04pm
thinking of getting one for the car to charge my camera batteries, so many out there and good and bad ones?
Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
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21 Posts Member #: 2097 Member Middlesbrough |
12th Feb, 2008 at 06:18:18pm
Will they not charge over USB? then you could just use a simple cheap adapter |
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5329 Posts Member #: 140 Proven 200+bhp & Avon Park 05,06,07 Class D 3rd place |
12th Feb, 2008 at 06:23:40pm
I'm Not Sure Chris but i was hoping to have a 230V plug in the car for other things, i thought it might always be handy. Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
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 6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
12th Feb, 2008 at 06:28:25pm
my dad uses one to charge his camera batteries and, with the use of a surge protector, charges his laptop up as well. |
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48 Posts Member #: 1748 Member Forum Graffiti Queensland Australia |
12th Feb, 2008 at 06:30:44pm
I used to have my XBOX in my old Mini 8-) |
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 1745 Posts Member #: 375 Post Whore Leicestershire |
12th Feb, 2008 at 06:31:35pm
I have one to power my laptop in the mini, seems to work well was about£25 from machine mart and it has a usb port as well! |
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 552 Posts Member #: 300 Post Whore Cumbria |
12th Feb, 2008 at 06:32:39pm
i have a small (150W) convertor for running my laptop in the car, got it from maplins and works well.
Here for the craic..
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5329 Posts Member #: 140 Proven 200+bhp & Avon Park 05,06,07 Class D 3rd place |
12th Feb, 2008 at 06:32:40pm
Are so they power a laptop, cool, what sort of brand names have you got? Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
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 3329 Posts Member #: 184 Senior Member Melton Mowbray, Pie Country |
12th Feb, 2008 at 07:25:08pm
On 12th Feb, 2008 Rob Gavin said:
my dad uses one to charge his camera batteries and, with the use of a surge protector, charges his laptop up as well. Where is surge going to come from? It seems the in thing for computer shops to sell at the moment, just extra profit for them and no benefit for anyone. They will not protect against lightening strike which is the only surge you are ever going to get. Sorry OT a bit. As for inverters, I have used ones from Maplin with no problem. I doubt anything you use will have a big power drain. Most power supplies for laptops and battery chargers will give a power rating or current rating, juts make sure you buy an inverter that will supply your biggest consumer or all your little ones added together. http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
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 4360 Posts Member #: 1459 En-suite user Braintree, Essex |
12th Feb, 2008 at 07:52:01pm
Was thinking of putting one in my van. Running a twin battery setup On 19th Jan, 2010 wil_h said:
I would start the furthest place from the finish. On 24th Mar, 2012 apbellamy said:
I feel all special knowing that I've given your mum my wood. Been neglecting Turbo'd 'A' series.............. |
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 8604 Posts Member #: 573 Formerly Axel Podland |
12th Feb, 2008 at 08:10:34pm
I use one of these in my Motorhome.
Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
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4360 Posts Member #: 1459 En-suite user Braintree, Essex |
12th Feb, 2008 at 08:27:55pm
Motorhome! You get paid too much! lol
On 19th Jan, 2010 wil_h said:
I would start the furthest place from the finish. On 24th Mar, 2012 apbellamy said:
I feel all special knowing that I've given your mum my wood. Been neglecting Turbo'd 'A' series.............. |
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5329 Posts Member #: 140 Proven 200+bhp & Avon Park 05,06,07 Class D 3rd place |
12th Feb, 2008 at 08:51:52pm
Good point Ben and thanks for the advice and links guys. You have been a grand help:) Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
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 8215 Posts Member #: 90 Post Whore Somewhere around Swindon |
12th Feb, 2008 at 08:51:52pm
ive heard the maplins ones are ok, as good as any of the others anyway Crystal Sound Audio said:
Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead ! "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."-Douglas Adams |
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 2102 Posts Member #: 432 Post Whore Swindon |
13th Feb, 2008 at 08:24:19am
i got one for the missus to run her wax heater on (shes a mobile beatician). cost £15 for aldi's!!!! 230V 17W, more then up to the job! |
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1391 Posts Member #: 1686 Post Whore Oxford |
14th Feb, 2008 at 06:19:15pm
make sure you run it with a surge protector the inverters tend to spike abit. On 19th Feb, 2011 Miniwilliams said:
OMG Robert that's a big one |
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 2924 Posts Member #: 95 Post Whore liverpool-on-sea |
14th Feb, 2008 at 08:24:36pm
i used a small one to power a portable tv and ps2 when i had me van worked fine. only one of the portable tvs in our house worked on it tho. no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.
On 28th Nov, 2008 Sprocket said:
Oh now that is a long shaft you have Carl. |
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2924 Posts Member #: 95 Post Whore liverpool-on-sea |
14th Feb, 2008 at 08:25:46pm
oh and i think them sure protecter thingies only actually absorb a surge once after that they dont protect. no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.
On 28th Nov, 2008 Sprocket said:
Oh now that is a long shaft you have Carl. |
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3329 Posts Member #: 184 Senior Member Melton Mowbray, Pie Country |
14th Feb, 2008 at 10:10:12pm
There really is no point in surge protectors IMO. I have worked on / commissioned power systems on oil rigs where the power is all over the place, voltage spikes the size of which you will not see on a crappy inverter powered of a very stable 12v battery. Onto those systems I have plugged all the above mentioned pieces of equipment and never had a failure. We are talking off he shelf PCs, laptops, battery chargers, phones, etc, etc. Surge protection is BS and another way that PC world rip you off and scare you into buying things that you don't need. Rant over. http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
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