Hi This is Howard 3.

Most of the "wall warts" today are of the switching type, in other words, no 
transformers so they are probably more efficient than the good old 
transformer types.  A good way to tell is if they are real light in weight.

Howard
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From: "T. Joseph Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: What's a good battery backup for an apartment?


> I=E2=80=99d advise considering a good old fashioned corded phone.  If pow=
> er=E2=80=99s=20
> out and is likely to stay out, you might want to save every precious=20
> miliamp you can.  But you=E2=80=99re right that cordless phones, routers,=
> and=20
> DSL modems use next to no power.  Probably all of them run off wall=20
> warts, so you might want to consider trying to get yourself a DC-DC=20
> supply for increased efficiency.
>
> These things are always about approximation, I=E2=80=99m discovering.  Th=
> ere=20
> is no perfect setup.  There=E2=80=99s just what you=E2=80=99ve got, and t=
> here=E2=80=99s what=20
> you can do to improve it.
>
> Joseph - KF7QZC
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 08:16:08PM -0400, Kevin Minor wrote:
>>Hi.
>>
>>I'm leaning towards getting a netbook and a battery to do what I want.  =
> I'll
>>still need an inverter to power things like my cordless phone, router an=
> d
>>DSL modem.  I figure these things will draw next to nothing.  I'll also =
> be
>>hooking up a dual bander to the system, and I suspect that will be the t=
> hing
>>to draw the most power.  Thankfully the only things the netbook will nee=
> d to
>>run are a screen reader and EchoLink.
>>
>>Thanks to all for their suggestions.
>>
>>Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
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