EnPower??
 

Does anyone know if the in flight power cables you must buy for Co work with NW or other carriers?

Any views if these things really work?

If so where does one buy these things?

THANKS ALL!

From what I understand the plug is universal on the airplane side of things. I bought one when I was travelling overseas regularly. It was a life saver. The typical flight to the UK was atleast 6 hours and my battery had a max life of 2 hours. I could work three times as much which more than paid for itself in one trip.

I bought mine at CompUse for about $100. I got the one that has the interchangeable tips. If i had bought the one specially designed for my laptop (which is cheaper) I would have been SOL when I got my new laptop that had a different connector.

The bad thing Continental doesn't have EmPower ports on most of the domestic fleet. I have been going to Seattle weekly and the flight is longer than my battery life http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

Prncess

Do you know if the 737-800 series has these plugs? It is the newest series so I thought they would...

Thank you for your input..

BTW Did you buy the cable on line?

I bought an IGo Juice from CDW a few months ago, and couldn't be happier with it. It comes with tips to work with my two laptops, my wife's, and an accessory that can also power my Palm PDA and Nextel I95cl phone while still charging the computer. Plus, the DC tip includes a car charger (which also works with the "cigarette lighter" sockets found on a bunch of AA narrowbodies), this tip pops off to reveal the EmPower plug for use on the other airlines.

It can even plug into AC power. Really one of the most versatile devices I own.

Only aircraft with power ports are 767/777 on Continental, although I hear First Class in 757s may be on the list to get power ports once the old seats are replaced.

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Dave


[This message has been edited by CODC10 (edited 07-03-2003).]

No, none of the 737's or domestic configured 757s have EmPower Ports.

I didn't buy mine online because I needed it on short notice. The one I bought came with the adapter for the car cigarette lighter as well, which has been fun for vacation car trips. Also Targus will send you free additional computer power tips if you need them. The ones for cell phones and PDA's you have to buy (they are $8 or $9). I switched companies and computer brands so this was a big help. They FedEx'd the new tip to me.

http://www.targus.com/product_details.asp?sku=PA360U

To piggy back on what prncess674 said, you can buy an adapter from Radio Shack that will convert the power plug from the empower design to cigarette lighter plug.

The comes in handy cause I have then bought a cigarette plug "Y" adapter and had my laptop AND my MP3 player being powered away!

The targus model can be either a cigarette lighter or empower adapter.

- HobokenFlyer

CO also sells the Empower plugs (the Juice brand I believe) on international flights as part of their duty-free offering. They were selling pretty good on a flight to Tokyo a few weeks ago; I think the cost was $100.

As with other seat features though (i.e.: audio), I've found Empower to be come & go; some seats the power is busted, on others it works fine. It is a shame they don't offer more of it on domestic flights, especially with JetConnect and internet connectivity becoming more common.

Besides the usual option of buying an additional battery, I'd like to suggest getting a new notebook. The new Intel Pentium-M processors allow for great battery life (they're the processor behind the "Intel Centrino mobile technology" marketing campaign). My new notebook will get 4 hours of life on one battery and it's one of the worst - the ThinkPad T40 being the best at 7 hours on its extended battery.

The original question specifically asked if the cables would work on Northwest. The only Northwest planes equipped with laptop power ports are the A330s (not yet in service). The 747-400s should also be getting laptop power as the new business class seats are installed, however there won't be any ports in coach. But to answer the question, no the cords will not work on Northwest. Northwest's laptop power ports will be traditional 110 outlets and will not require any sort of adapter - just plug in your normal power cord.

Incredibly...it's true. I just bought the new IBM centreno t40 super mongo. I can watch 2 DVD's on one charge. Unbelieveable!