the digital display always displays 1536 watts when a laptop computer is hooked up. is something wrong?
749358
I'm not sure I would hook a laptop up to this inverter. Keep in mind it produces MSW which is basically a stairstep square wave as opposed to a real sine wave. I ruined a dorm fridge trying to run it on MSW. Upgraded to a Pure Sine Wave inverter and the replacement fridge is quite happy, just like running it on house current. Technically I don't know whether you will damage your laptop power supply but I would not take the chance. I would suggest you invest is a power adapter like one you could use to run the laptop off the power outlet (cig lighter socket) in a car.
749359
ok here goes, it appears that you are makeing the mistake of thinkink the display shows load it doesnt do that it is telling you you have 1536 watts available to use as you run you will find that the 1536 will decrease until your inverter shut down for low voltage/watts available... I hope this helps.
749360
If it is the same Laptop computer, my guess is that the laptop may actually be using that much wattage, which is quite a bit!! I'm surprised the alarm doesn't go off or something. Other than that, my guess is something is wrong / defective. Might want to contact the manufacturer on that one.
350024
No. 600watts should b fine if your not hooking up a graphics card. My i7 with DVD ROM and hard drive use no more than 250 watts. Usually reads in the 200 watt range. For efficiency you should use about half of your watts on you're power supply.
1953294
You would have to upgrade your breaker and change the outlet powering the device from assuming 15 amp max to 30 amp max. Also the power supply doesn't constantly put out 1600w. The ammount of watts the power supply will put out will depend on the load you have on it. An example would be an Intel Xeon E5-2697v2, 4x GTX 780ti, 8 DDR3 Ram modules, and 6 sata hdds will draw an estimate of 1200w on full load.
1683100
I have only installed to 500 watts or more. Probably not enough power from PSU!
2207363
I had the lap top plugged in I have had the lap top plugged in since I received it. I only tried to use it unplugged twice. Same results in 15 minutes the battery is showing a large amount of loss of power.
1614873
You have to look at the power supply you have - if it is 300 you cannot go below, but you can go higher on the power supply. Just make sure it fits in your slot. You can find the watts on your hardware. Hope this helps!
1212004
1. The power plug is for US. (input : 100-240v, 50/60hz, 1.0A)2. I'm not the user of that laptop. I think it's better to ask to the official product homepage than to me. :)
2136950
On the third computer I ordered the power supply wattage was 450 watts. On the other two that I ordered from HP both of themhad a 600 watt power supply. Always order the higher wattage power supply.
2080554
No problem with mine. I only use it with a power supply, and it works perfectly.
1805780
Go to powersupplycalculator.net and type in all your system specs and get the true answer
1808914
The spec sheet says the minimum power requirement is 300 watts for the system and 65 for the card, so it would seem your system is right on the edge.
1590182
I have NO clue??? mine is crystal clear.......and it is a flat screen.....either works or it doesn't.....my advice.....swap it for another.....and make sure you have a good power supply....
777632
i have the same laptop you and I purchased the 60w power cord and it's been working fine. I hope that helps.
1374791
All I can tell you is that I run a laptop on it just fine. I assume lights draw less current than the laptop?
1683098
The power supply question has been answered numerous times.300 watts is OK. Check your cables unplug and reseat the video card. If you have a built in video card you may have to disable it from the bios. It is possible that you received a defective unit as well.
1429472
I use mine to run an Asus computer that controls My Ham gear so it is loafing along at less than 300 watts. I use an HP laptop for most other things because it uses 80 watts. You will need lots of batteries to keep that computer going at that power level. Hope this answers your question.
1482114
My PC power is 350W. Not sure if this come originally from Lenovo, because I bought this PC from a middle man.