Date:         Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:00:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
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Got to Radio Shack, get the tiny inverter that one end plugs into the
lighter and the other end has a 110v style receptacle. $40. All you
need, plug a power strip into and run your laptop, charge your
cellphone, digital camera, GPS and PDA!

Jim

On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 10:35 PM, jennifer dumpert wrote:

> As a consultant, I do most of my work from home, or in cafes, or in my
> '86
> Westy, which I drive down to the beach so I smell and hear the ocean
> while I
> work. Idyllic, for an office.
>
> My big problem, however, is that the battery on my laptop only runs for
> about two hours. To really make my Westfalia a reasonable mobile
> office, I
> need to be able to power the computer (24 volts, 1.875 amps) for at
> least
> five or six hours at a time. I have considered getting a deep cycle
> battery
> (like the ones folks use on boats) and wiring an inverter to it to
> plug the
> computer into. I think that would work fine when I'm just leaving the
> house
> for the day, but I would have to charge the battery frequently so I
> would
> have to come back home every night instead of taking small road trips
> while
> I work. I also thought about a quiet generator, but that would have to
> run
> outside the van and those seem a bit bigger.
>
> Does anyone have advice/experience about this?
>
> Jennifer Dumpert
> '86 Westy, "Baby"
>
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