<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jel:
Maybe I'm searching under the wrong name of the product, but can someone help me. I have a Dell Latitude laptop and am tired of the battery running out on long trips. Instead of buying a spare battery, I would like to hook up to the planes power ports. Where can I get the power plug? What is the real name of the product? How much do they generally cost?
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Best bet: APC's TravelPower powered case in either "'pleather" 1100 cu in. or nylon 1,300 cu in with a AC/DC power pack that fits nearly everything. Main advantage (actually the advantage is the power adapter , you have to buy the case to get it) is that it takes AC AND DC input, e.g. the wall socket at home or hotel, the car cigar lighter and the 15V Empower port on the plane and outputs anything from 14 to 20 V DC and has 8 power adapter ends to fit your laptop.
I have an Acer Centrino and this was the only thing that had the power and the right tip. There is the standard Dell tip inside.
Available everywhere, e.g. Best Buy.
You don't hve to carry your AC power supply any more just one for AC and DC.