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AC outlets on swa planes?

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LordSnailz

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Couldn't find the answer on their webapge and I'm too lazy to call, wondering if anyone knew the answer. I'm flying to from Cali to NY in a few weeks, wondering if I could hook up my laptop to an AC outlet on the plane ... TIA!
 
Ive never seen one. Plus its not like they are in the air for more than an hour anyway. CA to NY, whats that about 7 stops?

 
Originally posted by: Toasthead
Ive never seen one. Plus its not like they are in the air for more than an hour anyway. CA to NY, whats that about 7 stops?
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Haha, so true. You should be able to charge it up at the airport in Houston and Indianapolis. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Toasthead
Ive never seen one. Plus its not like they are in the air for more than an hour anyway. CA to NY, whats that about 7 stops?
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haha, suprisingly enough, it's a direct flight to long island but the returning flight has one stop ... argh, I'll be so bored ... I was hoping to catch up on some Naruto =)
 
I've never found an outlet on any flights inside the US, not on SW, AA, USAIR, Delta, Continental, etc. It's usually not too hard to find an outlet in the airport, but my battery won't last for a 3 hour flight.:frown:
 
Originally posted by: LordSnailz
Originally posted by: Toasthead
Ive never seen one. Plus its not like they are in the air for more than an hour anyway. CA to NY, whats that about 7 stops?
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haha, suprisingly enough, it's a direct flight to long island but the returning flight has one stop ... argh, I'll be so bored ... I was hoping to catch up on some Naruto =)
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Dang...how many packs of peanuts consitutes a meal?

 
Originally posted by: Triumph
I've never found an outlet on any flights inside the US, not on SW, AA, USAIR, Delta, Continental, etc. It's usually not too hard to find an outlet in the airport, but my battery won't last for a 3 hour flight.:frown:
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Many MD-80's, 757's that fly domestic flights have them.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: Triumph
I've never found an outlet on any flights inside the US, not on SW, AA, USAIR, Delta, Continental, etc. It's usually not too hard to find an outlet in the airport, but my battery won't last for a 3 hour flight.:frown:
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Many MD-80's, 757's that fly domestic flights have them.
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Usually look, never seen them. Maybe they're in the bathroom... 🙂

LordSnailz, I've managed to get almost 3 hours out by reducing the CPU speed a bunch and dimming the LCD. Reduction from a 2 ghz is still plenty fast for me.

 
Usually look, never seen them. Maybe they're in the bathroom...
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They are under the seats, and not in every row. Go here and choose type of plane and it will show you where the accessory outlets are located.
 
Not sure how they do it but with United you need the airplane DC-DC adapter. I just bought a $10 airplane plug->cigarrete lighter adapter and use a DC->AC adapter.

hmm... I wonder if United also has power plugs in economy? I know they have it in business and first on longer flights (yeah for free upgrades).
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
I've never found an outlet on any flights inside the US, not on SW, AA, USAIR, Delta, Continental, etc. It's usually not too hard to find an outlet in the airport, but my battery won't last for a 3 hour flight.:frown:
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Continental's supposed to have them on their airlines but I didn't see any flying economy. Maybe they have them for business class. I was looking through their in-flight catalog (I was bored 🙂) and I saw a couple of outlet converters to plug into the airplane jacks...so they're there somewhere.

 
There are no outlets on planes usually, because it's a potential fire hazard. You never know when some idiot is gonna short it. It could be made safe, but it's just not worth the liability.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Usually look, never seen them. Maybe they're in the bathroom...
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They are under the seats, and not in every row. Go here and choose type of plane and it will show you where the accessory outlets are located.
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Are those outlets 110AC or 12V?

I used to have to use my laptop in my car and on planes so I bought a small inverter.
Could be used for a coffee pot, radio, TV, small power tools, etc.

 
On all the domestic flights I've been on, only one flight has ever had air power plugs.
For the $90 I would have spent on an air power plug I managed to get 2 extra batteries for my notebook. Now I can run for 6+ hours on batteries.
 
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