DIY_EFI Digest V2 #111

[Jim Davies]

On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Tom Cloud wrote:

> >Power supply?? Call me a simple idiot, but when I got my laptop I made sure 
> >to get one that the power supply for running the thing off batterypower
> >power was (tada) 12V!!! Any good reasons why I can't hook the laptop
> >to the vehicle system and go?? Why not??
> 
> vehicle voltage can go to 15 volts .... think your system can
> take that ???
> 

FWIW, my NEC Versa laptop has an optional (and expensive) cig lighter
plug in cord which works OK, although the battery doesnt charge very fast 
when I use it. Seems to me the normal operating voltage is 14.3 or so...
Jim Davies