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Old 17th November 2004 | 02:31
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Wing Commander Fowler
 
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Laptop power supply voltage

Hi chaps,

read on another forum that it was considered perfectly acceptable to run a lappy requiring a nominal voltage of 19V on a 12 V car battery - the only downside being that the laptop battery wouldn't charge......

Does this sound like a feasible proposition if battery charging was not a requirement or is there a possibility of damage to the unit in some way? My thoughts are that an excess of 7V is an awful lot if that was solely required to charge a battery and my conclusion that the system components therefore require a cuppla volts more than 12 in order to function without drawing excess amps.

Any thoughts peeps?

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