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Date:         Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:58:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 13 watt helical bulb in bus
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <6.2.3.4.2.20060629025322.06089a18@pop1.attglobal.net>
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David Beierl wrote:
>  The small
> inverter with no fan is silent and only draws 75 ma or so when idle
> but can charge a laptop and suchlike while running the light.
>
Folks using notebook computers and working on tight energy budgets could
save a few more mA if they get an inexpensive DC adapter for the laptop.
One DC -> DC adapter is more efficient - as shown by lower operating
temperatures of the bits - than the more circuitous DC -> AC -> DC
route. Eliminate the middleman, I say!


--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR
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