EarthDemon
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I Live in my PVC Ducato 80% of the time and I run a MacProBook off twin leisure batteries. My fridge is off most of the time because I don't like the noise. I have a router but end up using my mobile most of the time for internet access.
Vehicle is two years old and I do a fair few miles which seems to keep the leisure batteries in good shape. I rarely hook up to the mains as I am always wild camping.
I confess a weakness for flight sims and it seems as if they can now run happily on so called 'gamer laptops'. I have snippets of info gleaned from the net and was hoping someone on here can put me straight. Looks like these laptops will be using around 100 Watts when high demand is being made. I gather that when running on battery alone they operate at significantly lower power than if they were plugged into the mains. Certainly this would affect performance of a flight sim, by how much I could not say.
I gather that the charger for many of these laptops requires 200+ Watts, which I suppose in theory is manageable for an inverter.
There are various videos on YouTube of 'gamers' living in vans who use solar panels And achieve full use of their games for hours on end, but I am guessing these people operate in Texas rather than Alaska. Honestly I Don't think I have much room for solar panels and I spend most of mytime in grim shady locations so I don't suppose it would work for me anyway.
Would getting a third leisure battery help me to run a high consumption gamer laptop? Eg: i7 CPU, RTX 2080 GPU (8Gb), 32Gb Ram, 1Tb SSD, 1080p graphics.
Any other ideas? Thanks.
Vehicle is two years old and I do a fair few miles which seems to keep the leisure batteries in good shape. I rarely hook up to the mains as I am always wild camping.
I confess a weakness for flight sims and it seems as if they can now run happily on so called 'gamer laptops'. I have snippets of info gleaned from the net and was hoping someone on here can put me straight. Looks like these laptops will be using around 100 Watts when high demand is being made. I gather that when running on battery alone they operate at significantly lower power than if they were plugged into the mains. Certainly this would affect performance of a flight sim, by how much I could not say.
I gather that the charger for many of these laptops requires 200+ Watts, which I suppose in theory is manageable for an inverter.
There are various videos on YouTube of 'gamers' living in vans who use solar panels And achieve full use of their games for hours on end, but I am guessing these people operate in Texas rather than Alaska. Honestly I Don't think I have much room for solar panels and I spend most of mytime in grim shady locations so I don't suppose it would work for me anyway.
Would getting a third leisure battery help me to run a high consumption gamer laptop? Eg: i7 CPU, RTX 2080 GPU (8Gb), 32Gb Ram, 1Tb SSD, 1080p graphics.
Any other ideas? Thanks.