Appliances and Electronics in the truck?

Just remember the rule"if it doesn't fit"! You can always cut a days clothing. I had a ski bag from years ago that was really big. almost 46" long by 24" round. Can't find one now that they don't want an arm and a leg for! Bass Pro has this really wonderful canvas set but you wouldn't be able to get it into the truck! You could put 2 bodies in the silly thing but it still looks good!
Redhead makes a nice bag here: http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s...1_800000000_800010000?cmCat=CROSSSELL_PRODUCT

 

I was at Wal-mart today looking at the inverters. There was a Black and Decker 400w for $49 (I think) and a 750w for $65. The 400w had cord to plug into the power outlet or the clips to connect to the battery. The 750w only had the battery clips. There was also a smaller one, might have been 300w, the body of the unit plugged directly into the outlet. Just seemed really cheap so I didn't even look at it very close. Is it possible to run the bigger ones, like that 750w unit, off of a power outlet instead of using the battery clips? Seems like most of the inverters I've seen only have the battery clips, even the 400w ones. I don't wanna do something that is going to get me in trouble with the company, such as using an inverter with battery clips.

 

I run my 800 using the cord from my 400 to the outlet in the truck. I had to open the 800 and kill the buzzer but it's been working fine like that for over a month now.

 

I have a Lenovo T61 that I power off one of the small single outlet inveters from Walmart(140w I think?). Your Dell has less power requirement than this one.


If someone has a laptop that can't be powered by a 300w inverter, they have one hell of a machine I've never seen! Most of the power cords that come with them are from 60-90w. I've seen some high-end gaming laptops with 110-120, but they're rare.

 

If the one you looked at that had the plug all in the body was the one with the USB port, thats the one I'm using I believe. It actually works great. This is the second one I've bought. The first one was 2 years old and met its demise when I had to ride through a thunderstorm on my motorcycle while it was in my backpack(forgot to take it out).

 

It's a variation of this one. I'm not sure what it draws but the 475 couldn't even power it more than an hour or so with the engine off. It makes the interior lights flicker every time it does something. I like.