Those batteries paid off...

[Datawiz]

When I bought this monster notebook, Dell gave me enough credit to get 2 more batteries, and a second power charger for free.

We just did the ride up to Georgia Tech, and the wife did the driving, and I was billable for 8 hours today, so nice to make money while riding.

3 batteries gave me about 10 total hours of time. Between my unlimited 4G and those batteries, I was able to log a full day.

[mrvette]

Office in back of a minivan?? or just a normal passenger seat?? seems kinda cramped either way.....tape over the monitor cam so they not see you dozing off???

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Office in back of a minivan?? or just a normal passenger seat?? seems kinda cramped either way.....tape over the monitor cam so they not see you dozing off???

Passenger seat, as rest of ute was fully packed with GWiz's stuff. Yes, my camera has tape on it.

[snide]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Passenger seat, as rest of ute was fully packed with GWiz's stuff. Yes, my camera has tape on it.

[snide]

https://www.amazon.com/LVYUAN-Invert...dp/B07SN8545Z/

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by snide

https://www.amazon.com/LVYUAN-Invert...dp/B07SN8545Z/

Hmmm, need to check into that. Every inverter I've ever tried couldn't handle the power brick from this notebook. 12.3 amp output.

[snide]

Some new vehicles are providing up to 2 3-prong 115v power points. The new RAM 1500, for example, has two. One in the dash, the other for the rear seat.

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by snide

Some new vehicles are providing up to 2 3-prong 115v power points. The new RAM 1500, for example, has two. One in the dash, the other for the rear seat.

You won't see me in a Dodge. Does the mid-engine have one?

[Thunder22]

so proof that you don't need all of those monitors if you can work from a laptop in a car for 8 hours

<poke poke>

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by datawiz

3 batteries gave me about 10 total hours of time. Between my unlimited 4G and those batteries, I was able to log a full day.

geez... do you watch that much

pr0n

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

so proof that you don't need all of those monitors if you can work from a laptop in a car for 8 hours

<poke poke>

NO!!!! It sucked with only 1 monitor.

[Y2Kvert4me]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Hmmm, need to check into that. Every inverter I've ever tried couldn't handle the power brick from this notebook. 12.3 amp output.

That 12.3 amps is at the secondary (output) voltage, which is 19.5 volts.
On the 120v primary side of the brick, it will consume about 2 amps of AC current.

Inverters are typically sized by wattage. The power adapter for your 7720 should be rated at 240 watts (which matches my 2a input current calculation), so an inverter that can supply more than 240 watts continuously should suffice.
They aren't hard to find and not expensive, however anything more than 150w or so will be pushing the limits of the vehicle's lighter socket, so you'd need to hardwire it directly to the battery....Just as you would a stereo amplifier rated for a few hundred watts.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by mrvette

tape over the monitor cam so they not see you dozing off???

* beating

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by datawiz

NO!!!! It sucked with only 1 monitor.

Did you bill your time at 1/18th the normal rate?