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Auto charger for 6400 / E1505

post #1 of 20
6/27/06 at 4:02pm
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Well, I'm trying to find the best place / price for a 12 volt auto charger for my new 6400. I'm wondering if anyone knows of cross reference part #'s of chargers that will work properly with this notebook, and/or the best place to find one?
Thanx
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post #2 of 20
6/27/06 at 5:59pm
Just get one that transfers the 12Volt DC into 120V AC. So it can be used for more applications then just your Laptop.
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post #3 of 20
6/27/06 at 6:50pm
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Originally Posted by Roadog1aj
Well, I'm trying to find the best place / price for a 12 volt auto charger for my new 6400. I'm wondering if anyone knows of cross reference part #'s of chargers that will work properly with this notebook, and/or the best place to find one?
Thanx

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=310-4804
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post #4 of 20
6/27/06 at 7:04pm
Try www.pacificgeek.com. Lots of accessories at good prices. Used stuff too.
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post #5 of 20
6/27/06 at 7:11pm
Yeah, just go to Wally World and get a $30 175W Inverter for your car. Works great, and it's cheap. Plus you can use it to power other low draw devices. However, I plan on installing the biggest inverter I can get in my F250....all that power from the Diesel engine and it's not making any Alternating Current.
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post #6 of 20
6/27/06 at 7:29pm
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Originally Posted by MrEvil
Yeah, just go to Wally World and get a $30 175W Inverter for your car. Works great, and it's cheap. Plus you can use it to power other low draw devices. However, I plan on installing the biggest inverter I can get in my F250....all that power from the Diesel engine and it's not making any Alternating Current.
Thats cause its a Ford... and fords blow.. Should have gotten a Cummins
Or a GMC Duramax if you want the nice interior
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post #7 of 20
6/27/06 at 7:53pm
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Thanx for the quick responses out there! I have 750watt inverter, but it seems a bit much to just use for my laptop. The thing has big ole wires for clamping to the battery. Thought maybe there was some alternatives out there.
somms: I checked out that exact adapter but it does not list either the 6400 or the E1505 as compatible notebooks. The one that is listed at Dell is like $114.00 or so. That's a tad expensive to me. I may have to check out the smaller inverters.
Oh syndrome...cast not the first stone. I can't say much, I have a Dodge Ram 4x4 from hell! No more Mopars at this homestead.
xsnrg: Thanx for the link to pacificgeek. Allthough I didn't find an adapter for the 6400, there was alot of items of interest.
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post #8 of 20
6/27/06 at 8:32pm
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Originally Posted by Roadog1aj
Oh syndrome...cast not the first stone. I can't say much, I have a Dodge Ram 4x4 from hell! No more Mopars at this homestead.
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Yeah, theres a reason I didn't say get a Dodge... lol just a Cummins. Personally thats the only reason a Ram would be worth getting is that 6L Turbo Diesel!
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post #9 of 20
6/29/06 at 11:47am
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Just wanted to leave an update.
After looking at all the options, I ended up purchasing a 150 watt inverter for about $34. This will work just fine and has a cooling fan and 450 watts peak surge. After that I got all excited and went and purchased Streets and Trips 2006 with GPS for $99. Now all I need is a pillow and blanket so I can sleep in my truck when my wife blows a cork because I'm out in the truck too much playing with the laptop!
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post #10 of 20
6/29/06 at 12:20pm
Yeah, Inverter's really the way to go. Those DC to DC power supplies for notebooks are just way overpriced.
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Originally Posted by Syndrome
Thats cause its a Ford... and fords blow.. Should have gotten a Cummins Or a GMC Duramax if you want the nice interior
Well, if I wanted an engine that would rattle my teeth out I would have purchased a truck with a Cummins . It's not like a Cummins powered Dodge comes with a 3000W inverter under the back seat anyway.
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post #11 of 20
6/29/06 at 1:20pm
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Originally Posted by MrEvil
Yeah, Inverter's really the way to go. Those DC to DC power supplies for notebooks are just way overpriced.



Well, if I wanted an engine that would rattle my teeth out I would have purchased a truck with a Cummins . It's not like a Cummins powered Dodge comes with a 3000W inverter under the back seat anyway.
You cant hardly even hear the engine in a new cummins. And besides even in the old ones.. don't you just love the sound of all that power? I like it.
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post #12 of 20
6/29/06 at 1:46pm
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Hell, I guess I had the best of both worlds for awhile. I had a 318 gas engine that sounded just like a diesel engine! Now I've got a Jasper that sounds Ohhh Soooo Smooooth. (still ain't buyin no more mopars tho) This one's paid for and I'm stuck with it till death do us part.
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post #13 of 20
6/29/06 at 2:41pm
Here is the exact link to what you need for the 600/6400/e1505/etc machines:

cheap too
http://www.pacificgeek.com/product.a...719&C=231&S=-1

I just got mine earlier this week.
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post #14 of 20
6/29/06 at 2:47pm
And while we're on the subject of using inverters....

Why should I bother with a pure sinewave inverter if it's going to go back thru my laptop power adapter and generate DC. I could see where if you were going to use an AC powered device of some kind it may be a 'player'.

Is there something I'm missing here???

Thanks

Mark
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post #15 of 20
6/29/06 at 4:06pm
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Ain't got the foggiest idea about all the scientific aspects of these converters. I just know that when I plug into it, I better be getting some juice out of it!

xsnrg: That's a great deal on the auto adapter, but I just never read where it would be compatible with my 6400. That's the problem with some of these accessories, I don't know what's safe to use with my laptop.
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post #16 of 20
6/29/06 at 9:18pm
It lists all the part numbers below on that page. Look at your actual adapter that came with the laptop... same #.
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post #17 of 20
6/29/06 at 10:48pm
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Originally Posted by MarkMcK
Why should I bother with a pure sinewave inverter if it's going to go back thru my laptop power adapter and generate DC. I could see where if you were going to use an AC powered device of some kind it may be a 'player'.

Is there something I'm missing here???
I believe it's a question of electrical noise.

A pure sine wave has exactly one frequency, with no harmonics. A modified sine wave inverter is producing a distorted waveform that has harmonics which mean electrical interference. Even though you're not using the AC sine wave directly the noise might be able to make it through the laptops adapter. So that electrical noise on the power could be a problem for your laptop, in theory at least.

But I have no idea how much of a problem it is to modern laptops. After all, we trust our PCs to inexpensive UPS systems all the time and I don't think any of them produce pure sine wave power when on battery. Of course they probably have a certain amount of power filtering built into their surge suppression.
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post #18 of 20
6/30/06 at 12:48am
I've had my Inspiron 8200 hooked up to my 175W $30 inverter for days at a time and it's no worse for wear. And there was no evidence of audio or video interference. About the only real purpose I see for pure sine wave inverters is for inductive loads like power tools.
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post #19 of 20
6/30/06 at 8:12pm
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I was kinda thinkin it had something to do with noise, but I don't know enough about the techinical stuff to open my trap and insert my paw
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post #20 of 20
6/30/06 at 8:18pm
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Now I'm getting antsy waiting for the auto adapter. I just finished installing and setting up Streets & Trip 2006 w/GPS and I wanna go driveing around and play with it. I also just installed a USB Hauppauge WinTV PVR2 with remote for media center. I tell ya, I just love this laptop! My last one was a Compaq Presario 1200 with windows 98. That's like cave-man stuff compared to this baby.
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