[plug] re: ups

[Mike]

At 10:41 AM 8/11/2000 +0800, you wrote:
>And why do so many laptops (are you listening, Compaq?) require *15* volts
DC?
>8-16 would be better, 'coz then you could wire it straight into your
cigarette
>lighter or run it from an inverterless micro-RAPS.

Its easy to make a simple SMPS for 12 to 15, they are very common

Besides most compaqs I've heard of will run at 12 - even though they
say l5



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