Power converter to plug in to cig lighter

Hi all
Hi, I saw that one can purchase a power converter at Radio Shack, that will take 12V DC from your car battery and convert it to 115V AC for a standard household outlet. It's 115 W rated. Would this unit work to charge up the batteries on the laptop? I estimate it would be about a 10A draw, if I remember high school physics, P=IV. If so, how much power would it take from the car battery to charge the laptop battery, would it kill my car battery? It doesn't seem like the energy from the laptop battery could deplete a car battery.
Any opnions?

I'm thinking that you need 120 watts so you need one a little bigger. Actually, the device is called a Power Inverter and you can even get them from the Apple Store: [Kensington Ultra Portable Power Inverter 150W|http://store.apple.com/us/product/TH995LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA2Nw&mco=MjI1ODQ2O A]. If they sell them, then they should work.
I don't think that they would eat to much of you car's battery life. You may need to start the car once in a while to charge up your car battery with prolonged use. -GDF

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Even places where the power itself may be somewhat similar. However your MINI has an
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buy a new one. Or you could get a complete cord with correct ends on it, for Mini + local mains.
Hopefully this helps somewhat. The only info missing is which EU country or region is involved.
Their shapes of plug are different, so the adapter end for local supply has to match their standard.
Swiss, Denmark, UK, and others offer different shapes and so on.
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cable for a modern MINI, that has the correct local mains end, and the correct Apple mini end on
the opposite. Since the unit is automatically switching, the magic is done.
Since I supplied a means to locate any number of Apple stores, authorized service providers &
other Apple related vendors in my earlier reply: https://locate.apple.com/country you could contact
any of them along your route in the City in whichever EU country, to find a local MINI power cable.
In any event, I'm done...
Good luck and happy trails...

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Input voltage for iPad and iPhone is same. 100 -240 Volts.
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Certification Label:
https://www.apple.com/power-adapters/

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Travel safely.
cornelius

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