On Dec 19, 9:31*pm, Heather & Joe Way > wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:02:45 -0500, Justin
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> >Heather & Joe Way wrote:
> >> On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:20:22 -0500, Justin
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> >>> He, nice!
> >>> But we're not killing anyone. *Bascially the story involves hooking up
> >>> two or three modern laptops with car/airline adapters to antique batteries....
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> >> No problem. Two 6 volt car batteries in series, even car batteries of
> >> that era, would run a laptop for days.
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> >> You might toss in a couple of battery recharge events to keep it
> >> believable and realistic, but the power part is a slam dunk.
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> >> Joe
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> >How would one recharge a battery back then? *I know I keep one of those
> >chargers in my trunk, is there a 20's equivalent?
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> Yes indeed. I've seen them at swap meets, but it's been a long time.
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> I believe period chargers used selenium rectifiers. Some early
> chargers included a light bulb in series as a current control.
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> Sorry I can't help with more detail, but someone else will no doubt
> step in.
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> Joe
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> Heather & Joe Way
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Brits used battery-powered radios at home well into the fifties and
got them re-charged at the local Chemist (drugstore to Yanks.) The
same may have existed in the US.