A lot of people are installing inverters - that charge batteries, and provide output for a few lights etc. Should work for laptop. 4-6 hours. Check with Kenital, Chloride etc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Ouma" <kevin.ouma@gmail.com> To: "skunkworks" <skunkworks@my.co.ke> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 12:18:31 PM GMT +03:00 Iraq Subject: [Skunkworks] Power Alernatives With the current power rationing, what power options are there for someone working from home ( to power a laptop). apart from a generator ? For instance is there a DC to AC convertor that can be linked to a car battery ? Speaking of which I do suspect that as of today someone somewhere has a container full of generators docking at the Mombasa Port. Kevin _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general