You could find a solar panel to charge the battery during the daylight
hours, then use Simon's idea of a direct connection between battery
and laptop (they're both DC, Moose, needing only a voltage change).
The photovoltaic panel(s) will cost a bit, but last for years.
Chris
On 16 Jul 2009, at 04:16, Ken Norton wrote:
> LOL, well, it's all written and she has a stack of pages with editor
> notes.
> I think she's down to the last two chapters and I think her deadline
> is in
> four weeks.
>
> The laptop is a Toshiba, but the line-lump plugs into a DC-AC
> inverter just
> fine. Not an issue there. The big issue is the laptop draining the
> jeep
> battery. We'd prefer to not be stranded at some back-country
> campsite 25
> miles from the nearest paved road. Also, if I have enough juice in a
> spare
> battery system I could keep a cooler running.
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