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electrical:12v:laptop [2018/05/02 19:13]
frater_secessus [use a power-sipping laptop]
electrical:12v:laptop [2018/07/01 09:59]
frater_secessus [eliminate cpu-taxing animations]
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 ====== Charging and powering laptops ====== ====== Charging and powering laptops ======
  
-Laptops are the most power-hungry of the nomad's communications devices;  phones and tablets require much less power.+Laptops are the most power-hungry of the nomad's communications devices;  phones and tablets require [[electrical:solar:frugal|much less power]].
  
 There are several techniques for successful laptop use on the road. There are several techniques for successful laptop use on the road.
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 ===== reduce power consumption ===== ===== reduce power consumption =====
  
-You can't affect how fast the laptop charges, so we will focus on reducing power consumption.  Some very easy easy techniques can make a big difference.+You can't affect how fast the laptop charges, so we will focus on reducing power consumption.  Some very easy techniques can make a big difference.
  
 ==== screen brightness ==== ==== screen brightness ====
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 If you want to allow the animations but not have them consume as much power you can switch to another tab so the animation is no longer rendered.   If you want to allow the animations but not have them consume as much power you can switch to another tab so the animation is no longer rendered.  
  
 +==== disable networking ====
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 +If you don't need networking for the current task, consider disabling wifi and bluetooth.
 ==== reduce bandwidth ==== ==== reduce bandwidth ====
  
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 ===== charge at the right time ===== ===== charge at the right time =====
  
 +If you charge your laptop [[electrical:solar:nonessential|when the system has excess power]] it's basically charging "for free".
    
  
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