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Default Laptop Powered From Car Cigarette socket

"Mark Trueman" wrote;
Hi,

What is the best way to power a laptop from a car ciggy lighter socket.
The transformer for the laptop outputs 19volts, 3.16 amps.

What about powering a desktop printer. Is this possible or do i need a
generator.

Thanks

Mark


If you go down the 12 to 240 volt inverter route be aware that if it is a
higher wattage model the current drain on the wiring to the cigarette
lighter can blow the fuse on that circuit and in the worse case scenario
could melt the wiring to the cigarette lighter socket.