Battery Backup Guide

Max asked:


I’m gonna buy a laptop as I travel a lot but I won’t have a power source all the time so I’ll have to rely on it’s batteries. How will I know how much backup a laptop’s battery will provide? Do I just have to ask the seller or is there a better way?

lanneypoo4u asked:


Actually, my clumsy husband spilled his water all over our desk and it proceeded to spill back behind the desk and straight onto a wall outlet, and surge protector, and all over the surrounding cords. We have already disconnected his laptop from its power source as a preventative measure…what, if anything, should we do next? Can this create a bigger problem?

tour0817 asked:


the battery backup doesn’t work for some reason. i plugged the CPU directly into the wall and computer still won’t turn on. could it be the power cord from the CPU to the power source?

JizZ E. Jizzy asked:


don’t steal my idea, this is considered “in writing” and I said it first.

I think it would be a very useful addition to homes since most of our electronics require DC power. Just about anything you plug into the wall that has a big black box on the cord is taking the 120V AC voltage from the electric companies and turning it into a much lower 6V to 24V DC power. This could be avoided by having a self contained power source in the basement with a gas powered generator.
Think about it. with our homes battery powered, a ‘power-out’ could shut down your neighborhood and you still have your DC powered electronics. your laptops, cable modems, routers, etc will still be working.
My home uses a cable modem that also takes care of my phone line. in a blackout, I loose my telephone. But not if it has a battery backup. They already make battery backups but why not have it central to the house. and with gasolene recharging it you have that power in case of emergencies.