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NoTies · 15-02-2006, 05:44

Rippy, you can buy direct 12V power supplies for laptops which are a lot more efficent than going the inverter way. Also available are USB GPS units (have just bought one but haven't used it yet so can't say how good they are) that will lower your power requirements further.
Pete

15-02-2006, 05:44	#8
NoTies Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Vuda Point, Fiji Islands Boat: Whiting 29' extended "Nightcap" Posts: 651	Rippy, you can buy direct 12V power supplies for laptops which are a lot more efficent than going the inverter way. Also available are USB GPS units (have just bought one but haven't used it yet so can't say how good they are) that will lower your power requirements further. Pete __________________ Pete Positively, socially deviant.