Most of them will work fine. If yours work OK so far it is among
those that are in good working order. Loren is right about the
external switch. I would use glue to fix it in place. If it is
accidentally moved it can cause a lot of damage.

David

--- On Fri, 2/27/09, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:

> From: pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net>
> Subject: RE: Invertor ?
> To: dtkao0205@yahoo.com, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 8:46 AM
> I don't know, I never had a problem with mine.
> You could always put a fuse inline on the power cable out
> to the laptop.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Kao [mailto:dtkao0205@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:43 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; pdooley
> Subject: Re: Invertor ?
>
> The one on eBay is an aftermarket Universal DC adapter.
> Inside it is a small switching power inverter with
> adjustable
> (selectable from a switch outside) DC output voltage.
> it is dirt cheap because it is an aftermarket brand that
> carries just about no liability or warrant. OEM adapters
> will sell at prices several times of that.
>
> The quality and reliability of an aftermarket one is a
> concern to me. But most of them will work fine except a few
> out of a few thousands may burn and trash the equipment it
> powers.
>
> David
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/27/09, pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
> wrote:
>
> > From: pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
> > Subject: Re: Invertor ?
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 5:49 AM
> > David, did you mean to say DC notebook adapters are
> quite
> > "in"expensive?
> >
> > You can get a DC adapter that plugs into the cigarette
> > lighter for less than
> > 11 bucks with free shipping.
> > Doesn't get much cheaper than that.
> > http://tinyurl.com/agfkzd
> >