Running a desktop computer from laptop battery

[ehanger]

Considerations of battery life aside (and also of how to wire the battery to the psu), could a laptop battery even produce enough current to run desktop components?

I was pondering the thought of making a DIY laptop and how many challenges you would run into, and this one struck me as being one of the hardest.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

I own a laptop repair company...

The answer is NO unless you have a stack of batteries and an inverter...

Even then , if YOU have to ask the question, you dont know enough about electrics to do it...

So no....lol

All the best Brett

 

[noob2222]

not more than a couple of minutes anyway.

http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=27&tab=models

at 200W, the 1500va battery will run for 33 minutes and weighs 26+ lbs. at 500W, you get 10 minutes.

 

[ehanger]

Hi

I own a laptop repair company...

The answer is NO unless you have a stack of batteries and an inverter...

Even then , if YOU have to ask the question, you dont know enough about electrics to do it...

So no....lol

All the best Brett

haha, I may be ignorant now on the subject of comp/electrical engineering as a first semester freshman, but hopefully in 4-5 years time I'll be an expert on this stuff

 

[ehanger]

Best answer selected by ehanger.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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