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hey guys
question about power inverters, ive heard good and bad ... bad parts is that they can catch on fire...... how many watts is ok for powering a console? or a mini tv? or a computer? I saw a deal at autobarn for a power jumpstart kit and a power inverter (300watts) for 120$ ( or near around that price) Is that a good price or is that stuff no good? cheers |
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That Perticular 300w PowerInverter can run a PS2, N64, etc quite easy. Ive installed a few PS2's in a couple of cars recently using a 300w inverter that we carry and I think is included in that package
im not sure about running a computer off that one in perticular, id be more included to at least the 600 for a PC if you wanted to play it safe. It all comes down to what your wanting to do with it. A friend of mine had a 300watt inverter and tried to run a strobe light off it. he now runs a 600watt. guess what happened to the old one?
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i've got a 300watt inverter in my car, running a PC.
can't remmeber what brand it is but i got it from kmart. the internal fan seems to have failed (or i can't hear it anymore), but the inverter has been flawless ![]()
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actually a point of interest.
my car PC, is running off a 95watt PSU. (P4 1.7, so not exactly an "old" comp) 300watt is plenty for a PC.
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what about for an xbox? i hear they can draw more power
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Cheap inverters have a very dirty waveform... I.E. if you ran a TV off of it chances are you would get interference. I would be very hesitant running a pc off it...
And don't even think about running any induction motors off it, ie. angle grinder or a microwave unless it is atleast 1000w.
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X-Box's dont like Modified sinewave inverters, all of the ones i have sold for that have come back and they will only run off a Pure sinewave .
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what has come back TIKFD6? the x-box or the invertor? pure sine waves can be achieved with the right filtering. but only the top of the line invertors would achieve this i would think as it takes alot to get a pure sine wave.
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I bought a new playstation slimline, it was sweet.
Had an external powersupply (hence the smaller console) which ran at 8.5v dc. Used a 5A regulator to get it going (about $30) and was sweet. Got sick of it lol. I wonder if you could modify an xbox and put straight dc to somewhere on the board, bypassing the 240transformer?
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There are 2 main types of inverters. One is a symmetrical sign wave, the other is a modified sign wave, which is designed for higher efficiency. With modified sign wave inverters, if your load is a transformer you can run into problems and it will get hot. If you go for a symmetrical sign wave you can run anything you want off it, but the efficiency is a lot less. Most quality inverters you will find cheap on ebay are generally 24V which causes a bit of a problem. Most of the cheapies you find are the modified wave form type which does cause problems with certain load types.
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EB, the modified sinwave invertors has come back.
Noise has been the biggest problem, and some X-Box's wont start up off Modified ones. If it statrts and you can live with the noise, go for it.
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