% Energy lost with Inverter to pwr COMPUTER?
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| Jun 15th 2018, 14:07 | |
K6PAATotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Re Powering your COMPUTER with a Battery in the field: Does anyone have a ballpark estimate of what % energy you lose by using an inverter to go from a 12 V DC battery to 110 V A/C if your Computer (Mac) needs A/C to run, and cannot run on 12 V DC directly? Also, any suggestions re an EFFICIENT, QUIET (rfi-wise), Inverter? Any estimates/ideas/suggestions appreciated! Thanks- Peter K6PAA |
| Jul 24th 2018, 18:15 | |
WA8NVWTotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Even though the Mac has a high-efficiency switching power supply, you can usually figure on losing 30% in the 12VDC-to-120VAC inverter, plus voltage drops in your 12V power cabling, and DON'T use a lighter plug for the source connection. |
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