Auxiliary Power

[silas]

Does PCS supply any form of auxiliary power. I was hoping for someting like a charge up power pack which I could plug in while on my travels. The onboard battery life is not great at just about 80 minutes so a device to boost it would be useful and preferably something smaller than the supplied breeze-block mains adapter which I use at home.

The connector from the 330w adapter is a female four holer inside a circular metal sleeve with a locating dink in it. Is there a name for this type of connector?

Thanks in advance,
spec here:-
Chassis & Display Octane Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080) + G-Sync
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i9 Eight Core Processor i9-9900K (3.6GHz) 16MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair 3000MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Storage Drive 1TB SEAGATE 7mm SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st M.2 SSD Drive 1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive 500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
Memory Card Reader Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor 1 x 330W AC Adaptor
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery Octane Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (82WH)
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 M.2 GAMING + BLUETOOTH 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options 3 x USB 3.0 PORTS, 2 x USB 3.1 PORTS, 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Keyboard Language OCTANE SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]

 

[TonyCarter]

That's not really a machine for mobile working, it's a portable desktop replacement which is meant to be moved from one location to another and not used much in between those locations.

A portable battery pack for that level of laptop would probably be no smaller than your power brick (and USB-C based) - so the included power supply is probably a more portable option.

 

[FerrariVie]

Not sure if that is your case, but some PCS laptops/DTRs don't require screws to secure the battery in place, which means that you could carry 2 or 3 batteries and quickly replace when needed. But as @TonyCarter said, if you need lots of battery time, DTRs are not suitable for that (have one myself).