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Blown up by the generator!

  • 10-11-2021 10:50pm
    #1
    cavan_man2021
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭


    Can a generator blow up a laptop?



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  • #2
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,641 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    A generator can potentially destroy anything that is plugged into it.



  • #3
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058217406/blown-up-by-the-generator

    Define "blow up".

    Laptops are pretty well isolated as far as computers go, they use an external power supply convering into a single DC supply (then further converted within the laptop) and they tend to be more tolerant of "voltage concerns" than other power supplies. That said, I wouldn't be putting my laptop onto a supply from a cheap and cheerful genny which was on Thursday special.



  • #4
    cavan_man2021
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭cavan_man2021


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149690#Comment_118149690

    It was not a cheap generate, it's a petrol generator for operating machinery.



  • #5
    manonboard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭manonboard


    I would be pretty surprised by this because the laptop charger, surely has a box for regulating the voltage before it even hits the laptop. The big box that is on the wire? I dont see how a power surge would hit the laptop rather than run the charger?

    I assume you dont have some odd charging set up where the laptop directly converts AC to DC internally? I dont think ive ever seen one.



  • #6
    cavan_man2021
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭cavan_man2021


    Have the answer I needed, blown the adapter . Don't need anymore suggestions.



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  • #7
    Bruthal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭Bruthal.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118151083#Comment_118151083

    Its ok, they are free



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