Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 21:08:18 -0500 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Silly question Message-ID: <34949112.BB3779D5@idt.net> References: <199712150132.SAA26451@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > OK. Let's say I wanted to be silly and run my Libretto off of 10 D > batteries rather than the nice LiIon battery that it came with. does > anybody see a problem doing this? Basically, I'd plug them into the > 15V power jack on the libretto. > > Comments? > > Warner > > P.S. I'm doing this to have the option of getting lots of batteries > at the airport when the normal and extended life batteries are drained > and I don't have time to recharge them. Electrically, that should be fine. Economically is another matter... ;-) You might want to check what voltage you Li-Ion battery is. Since there's usually margin on the 15V DC input so that you can run it off a simple car converter circuit that may be putting out 15V when the car is running but only 12V when the engine is off, you may be able to get by with, say, only 8 D cells. I'd try (at home) running off fewer D cells and see if that works for you... Gary
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