power inverters

[eggbert_99]

Just wondering who is using a power inverter in their car for ps2 or xbox carputer etc ..

What brand are you using etc ..

and any issues you have had ?

[Northy]

im using the 150W (450W surge) one from jaycar, $45

[eggbert_99]

i wonder if that powerfull enough for ps2 xbox etc .... your powering your carputer with that right ???

and did you hook it directly off your battery with a fuse or through the ciggie lighter ?

[Northy]

PS2 will draw 47.6W alone Thas for the slimline ones, i dont have one of the original PS2's to have a look and work it out, and im just using the cig lighter, i have split mine behind the dash tho so there is no exposed wires

[JJCRU23R]

theres gotta be a better way then using the darn ciggy lighter

[MR22ZZ]

how?

He said it's hard wired to the cigarette lighter leads behind the dash, not plugged into the cigarette lighter itself.

This the the simplest and cleanest way to do it and it is protected from overload by the cigarette lighter fuse.

[JJCRU23R]

Sorry

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was up late at night while reading that post, so me brain was not all there

northyz idea sounds like a decent solution

[eggbert_99]

hey northy ...

did you cut off the ciggie lighter bit on the inverter .. coz obviously there is a fuse in that ... is that not needed ???

[Northy]

i unpluged the leads that run into the cig lighter and made a splitter and on the other end put another cig lighter socket, so i have one cig lighter socket behind the dash and the other one in the center console still works, i dont smoke but its handy for phone chargers etc.

[JJCRU23R]

yea you dont want to go without a perfectly functional cig. lighter in the console.

Edited September 19, 2006 by JJCRU23R