• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

inverter killing dell power supply

The inverter is wired directly to the battery with large guage wire and is fuse protected.

The same inverter that killed the original power supply and caused the spare to temporarily quit is now working fine. If this one ends up going, i'll be going DC-DC
 
A Hell "tech support" person told me that one shouldn't have the power cord and battery installed simultaneously for long periods. I had almost always had both installed all the time prior to that. I'll believe David before a Hell "tech support" person 100% of the time.

We've had a Compaq M2100 laptop since they came out (~2004?) and it's still on it's factory battery, which is left installed 100% of the time. It's plugged into 120v more often than not, and this has never caused a problem with the battery becoming hot or overcharged. Any mainstream laptop should have a charging circuit that will maintain the proper power distribution.
 
One thing to note is that some branded DC-DC converters are actually inverters housed in a single unit - the way to tell the differnce is the weight - true DC-DC are light as they are just electronics - if the unit is heavy it means that it has a transformer inside and is therefore it is a disgused inverter unit in a single package - I have seen generic DC-DC laptop suplies in the US (belkin) for about $60

Another thing ~ most DC-DC units are made of plastic - not metal ;)
 
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