on the road

[Hugh Potter]

i sometimes take my summa d60 to the drag track for some of the bigger events, i run it, and my laptop, from a 1200w invertor, simply connects to the battery, usually start the vehicle for twenty mins every couple of hours to charge the battery a bit, only once flattened it !

ps, i went the invertor route because, as good and reliable as generators are, they still spike and lull and i didnt want to risk damaging either tha laptop or the cutter, i simply don’t trust the regulators etc on them !

[Kevin Flowers]

Rich
i wouldn’t run it from a generator because of electrical spikes, however it should be ok from an inverter as its pure sine wave. But check with the inverter supplier as even inverters can have problems with certain kit.

Kev

[squareone]

quote :

i wouldn’t run it from a generator because of electrical spikes, however it should be ok from an inverter as its pure sine wave. But check with the inverter supplier as even inverters can have problems with certain kit.

Well the only reason i thought maybe a generator, is because the manufacture told me an inverter would not work. The woman said something about a generator and then when i called back and said it would not work.
I figured i would have better luck in here, if i found someone who had already tried it

Thanks Huge, but how did find out which inverter was best for your plotter

Thanks
-Rich

[squareone]

what do you all think about one of these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-Jump … otohosting

[Kevin Flowers]

Rich
thats not an inverter its a jump start booster for a car, check the link out

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-4000W-MAX-200 … dZViewItem

You need to work out the total wattage of your computer & cutter to know what size inverter you will need, add a safety margin of 50%.

Kev

[Phill Fenton]

I would just get a really long extension lead and plug it into the nearest mains socket you can find 😕

[squareone]

quote :

thats not an inverter its a jump start booster for a car, check the link out

I know I was wondering if ya’ll thought it would work :lol1:

My father used one on his boat trolling motor all day…. notice it has a plug in socket

[Andrew Boyle]

quote Phill:

I would just get a really long extension lead and plug it into the nearest mains socket you can find 😕

Phantastic…..but phuckin’ useless 😀

[LeeMorris]

you can buy them from here http://www.m-99.co.uk

Lee

[leerees]

Yes an inverter will work, we run a small cutter and a laptop from an inverter. It is a godsend being able to cut on the road.