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Title: 12 Volt Power Supply for iBook
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Low-cost inverters (120 AC to 12 v DC) are all "modified sein wave"; actually square wave (a true sein-wave inverter costs as much as a lap-top). Low-cost 120v AC to 12v DC interters cause many transformers to overheat and fail. In 10 years of live-aboard I must have fried 6-10 charging devices for small elecrical appliances, power tools and etc.
So an inverter is a poor choice for powering a DC appliance (like a laptop) IF there is a way of getting the 12-14 volt boat power to the correct voltage of the device to be used (not to mention the power loss from going from 12 DC to 120 AC and back again to whatever DC you need).

Q: Has anyone tried the "Megsafe Airline Power Adaptor" sold by Apple for the new Macbook and Macbook Pro?
It looks compact and is cheeper than ones mentioned above, but I can't find actuall specs on it.
Do the converters mentioned above plug to a Macbook?
CAUTION: If yoiu are trying to wire directly from boat batteries to an appliance be aware that voltage will run as high as 14v with the engine running and 13.1v with a fresh charge on your house bank. If that's beyond the specs for the device you can lose an expensive device. If a $50 adaptor regulates the voltage you are money ahead to get one.
 
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12 Volt Power Supply for iBook - by - June 4, 2006 11:00
[No subject] - by - June 12, 2006 06:14
Found something that works! - by - June 12, 2006 08:21
[No subject] - by - October 13, 2006 15:09
12 volt to 24 volt power supply adapters - by - October 13, 2006 21:54
[No subject] - by - October 14, 2006 11:00
Kensington does the trick - by - October 17, 2006 05:08
12 v power supply for i book - by - October 30, 2006 14:13
Power adapter - by - December 26, 2006 12:38
[No subject] - by - March 22, 2007 16:11

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