laptop

[amatuer]

My wife is bringing her laptop for school work on our trip on the EB next week. Besides a surge protector, are there any other cautions I should take. I'm assuming they are standard 3 prong outlets. Anyone experience any difficulties with thier LT's and the power supply. The laptop does have its own external rechargable battery pack. Thanx.

 

[gswager]

Some of them are in recessed. Yes, they're 3 prong outlets. If you're booking sleeper class, then every room has an outlet. If you've booked coach class, you're almost out of luck. I think there's two set of outlets in each coach car. Otherwise use lounge car.

 

[amatuer]

I'm in sleeper class. I've seen "recessed" mentioned before. Would I need an adapter? for a standard plug?

 

[gswager]

http://forums.amtraktrains.com/index.php?s...surge+protector

These were covered in previous posts about surge protector.

 

[printman2000]

I'm in sleeper class. I've seen "recessed" mentioned before. Would I need an adapter? for a standard plug?

I do not think you need an adapter to plug your laptop in unless it has a power supply connected to the plug itself. In that case, a short extension or a power strip would be needed.

I have also heard that power surges can be a problem so having some protection from that (a surge protector) sounds like a good idea.

 

[cbender]

I use my laptop on Amtrak all the time without any problems. I have a small surge protector designed for use with laptops. It is made by Belkin, and (instead of normal plugs) has the standard two-prong laptop connectors, and fits in the middle of the power cord/AC adapter, something like this:

normal plug===normal power cord===two prong plug===surge protector===AC Adapter===plug for notebook

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView...Section_Id=2042

They also make one that takes standard 3 prong plugs.