[ltp] self-made external battery for laptops project

Joe Clark linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 19 Apr 2002 22:57:06 -0400


----- Original Message -----
From: "peter nol" <zero@adeade.com>


> Thanks Bart
>
> .
> Well at least that means that the UPPER voltage is flexible :)
> the markings on the original ac adapter say
>
> 16V 3.36A
> Your experience tells us that the requirements for the upper voltage are
> flexible.
> Now to find out if anyone has tried lower voltage and i'm ready to go.
> They got 12v batteries starting with as low as 15 dollars :)And then of
> course there's the car battery. i'll bet that one will last at least 20
> hours. A tad heavy to carry around in your backpack though.

This is an interesting idea.  Maybe a cottage industry in the making.  Have
you considered to 9 volt batteries in series??

JC



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