[Mo1]

Please ping people to this question: I have limited battery power left on laptop. Have a generator with 300 watt inverter and tractor battery. Question: Does that battery have to be a marine battery, or is tractor battery sufficient. I'm scared of plugging this thing into the inverter until I get some kind of idea of what I'm dealing with. NOTE: I will not hold anyone responsible if I fry my computer by doing something based on your advice or input. :-)

Hey Glock .. can ya help Nita Nupress with her question?

[onyx]

I'm still sending the link and question to men I see on line.

[glock rocks]

LOL. Looks like Nita's question has been thoroughly answered :o)

Most of my emergency equipment is 12 volt... lights, radio/tv, shortwave, etc... and I've rigged everything with a common kind of connector so they can all be hooked to a couple of huge deep-cycle marine batteries that I keep charged. It was a consideration when buying a scanner (do I want a desk 110v model or 12v car model?) and TV/DVD, so I opted to go the 12v route. The items are smaller, easier to transport, and generally require less power. I hook them to a 12v power supply and run them off house current most of the time, but they're really handy when the trees take out the power lines (which usually happens during the big snow).