Most of them will work fine. If yours work OK so far it is among those that are in good working order. Loren is right about the external switch. I would use glue to fix it in place. If it is accidentally moved it can cause a lot of damage. David
--- On Fri, 2/27/09, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > From: pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> > Subject: RE: Invertor ? > To: dtkao0205@yahoo.com, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 8:46 AM > I don't know, I never had a problem with mine. > You could always put a fuse inline on the power cable out > to the laptop. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Kao [mailto:dtkao0205@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:43 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; pdooley > Subject: Re: Invertor ? > > The one on eBay is an aftermarket Universal DC adapter. > Inside it is a small switching power inverter with > adjustable > (selectable from a switch outside) DC output voltage. > it is dirt cheap because it is an aftermarket brand that > carries just about no liability or warrant. OEM adapters > will sell at prices several times of that. > > The quality and reliability of an aftermarket one is a > concern to me. But most of them will work fine except a few > out of a few thousands may burn and trash the equipment it > powers. > > David > > > > --- On Fri, 2/27/09, pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> > wrote: > > > From: pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> > > Subject: Re: Invertor ? > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 5:49 AM > > David, did you mean to say DC notebook adapters are > quite > > "in"expensive? > > > > You can get a DC adapter that plugs into the cigarette > > lighter for less than > > 11 bucks with free shipping. > > Doesn't get much cheaper than that. > > http://tinyurl.com/agfkzd > > |
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