haganap
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Ok, could some one please help me with some basic laymans advice please.
I am having problems in my van with power supply for some items,
1) I have a 300 W inverter plugged in to my 12v power source. It operates certain things such as charging my i phone, powering my sky box (but not the sky+ box for long).
2) However there is a problem with trying to work some items, namely the laptop's getting charged, and on 1 laptop it will not power it at all, yet when I plug in in the house it powers it with no problem. Also the sky+ box has a little problem powering up as well. I know its a problem because the inverter starts squeeilng. I alway thouht that this was because there was not enough charge in the batteries, however they appear almost fully charged and yet there is still the squeeling.
3) IS the inverter not up to the Job? I have also noticed that there was a problem with the second leisure battery. I put this in over 15 months ago and only realised today that it has not been rigged up. I put an online fuse in sittu, and today noticed that there was no fuse in it just a plastic dummy one roughly the same size:Blush::Blush::Blush:oh:oh: I never shecked I suppose, Or I may of checked but not actually realised it was a peice of plastic and not a proper fuse.
So can anyone answer the problem please as to if I just need a more powerful inverter.
The computers are toshiba's
I am having problems in my van with power supply for some items,
1) I have a 300 W inverter plugged in to my 12v power source. It operates certain things such as charging my i phone, powering my sky box (but not the sky+ box for long).
2) However there is a problem with trying to work some items, namely the laptop's getting charged, and on 1 laptop it will not power it at all, yet when I plug in in the house it powers it with no problem. Also the sky+ box has a little problem powering up as well. I know its a problem because the inverter starts squeeilng. I alway thouht that this was because there was not enough charge in the batteries, however they appear almost fully charged and yet there is still the squeeling.
3) IS the inverter not up to the Job? I have also noticed that there was a problem with the second leisure battery. I put this in over 15 months ago and only realised today that it has not been rigged up. I put an online fuse in sittu, and today noticed that there was no fuse in it just a plastic dummy one roughly the same size:Blush::Blush::Blush:oh:oh: I never shecked I suppose, Or I may of checked but not actually realised it was a peice of plastic and not a proper fuse.
So can anyone answer the problem please as to if I just need a more powerful inverter.
The computers are toshiba's