Mrs Squirrel and I have three laptops between us. One little Acer "netbook," a no-name laptop, and an older Dell. None draw more than 2.5 amperes from the battery, whether using a fleabay 12V DC power supply or when using their AC adapters plugged into the inverter, regardless of whether their batteries are depleted or fully-charged. The little netbook is the least power-hungry of them, which is reflected in its six-hour battery life and lack of impressive specs. -- RJS On 08/01/2011 06:40 AM, David Beierl wrote: > At 03:25 AM 8/1/2011, Daniel Rotblatt wrote: >> You're right, computers can take 60-100 watts charging >> power. That's about .6-1 amp/computer - not a heck of a lot. Even >> so, I never expected to have to run the > > Which is about six to ten amps per computer coming from the battery... > > Yours, > David |
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