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    12Volt car adapter for the Compaq R4000

    Discussion in 'HP' started by southbark, May 9, 2005.

  1. southbark

    southbark Notebook Guru

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    Was curious if they made a cig light adapter for there notebooks or if anyone knows where to get it.Also is there any other place to buy accessory's other rhen the compaq online store
     
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    rfortson Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not sure about a cigarette adapter, but I don't think so. I have an inverter that should work, but I haven't tried it. The ZV5000 takes a good bit of juice, and most cigarette adapters alone don't provide enough. The R4000/ZV6000 will probably use even more juice. You can buy a big inverter that fits your cigarette adapter, but your car's wiring will probably only support ~150W before popping a fuse. Beyond that, you'll need to connect directly to the battery.

    I saw a post where someone had an inverter that should have had sufficient capacity to run their R3000, but it didn't work. I need to try my 175W inverter to see if it works.

    Russ

    HP ZV5000z
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    60gb 4200rpm HD
    nVidia G0 440 64mb
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    15.4" wide screen
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