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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, who hooks a portable generator up to their laptop without using a surge protector??

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Lol, how is this not more common in the answers? Lotta people on Lemmy don't know how to use a generator...

That shit also isn't grounded, though I think some specific generators may be alright without that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The caps in the power supply should be enough to eat the noise in that power source.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That model (yamaha ef2000) has an inverter. Nice and quiet, too. Little fucker is touchy about the fuel, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, if you like to live dangerously, sure. Those power supplies can be expensive, though, and surge protectors are dirt cheap.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Those power supplies can be expensive

Used official ones are like $20 on ebay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, a lot of those are counterfeit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Not used. Nobody really sells knockoff chargers used.

Also in the age of USB C it's not even relevant. At this point I just buy USB C to whatever laptop charger port I need.