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Post by jimbo jones »

I want to hook up my play staiton for my kid & myself in my 80 what the best way to get power 240 12v to 240v?
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Post by v840 »

An inverter is the obvious choice. Not sure what power you need though. Id guess that a 1000w inv. should be sufficient. From memory I think they are about $300.
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Post by RaginRover »

have you looked at what power the ps2 runs on ? making a dc-dc converter may be an option otherwise you will need an inverter.

The preference would be dc-dc because inverters are rather inefficient and can easily drain a battery

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Post by RaginRover »

v840 wrote:An inverter is the obvious choice. Not sure what power you need though. Id guess that a 1000w inv. should be sufficient. From memory I think they are about $300.
1000w fark - that is huge - I am thinking 300-400 would be more than enough - 700w is a 4" grinder

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Post by largesuzy »

i run my xbox in the patrol has its own little screen made by joytech cost me 200$ it ran easily off an inverter, ill find out what size when dad gets back from allterrain :D
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Post by "CANADA" »

let me check now on the V but it think you would be best to run a transfomer from 12v to 8.5....
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Post by dansedgli »

You can buy a playstation 2 car kit.

Its $25 at JBhifi and plugs into your cigarette lighter.

Otherwise a cheap $100 invertor would run it. They dont draw much power.
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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/CAR-POWER-SUPPLY ... dZViewItem
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Post by v840 »

RaginRover wrote:
v840 wrote:An inverter is the obvious choice. Not sure what power you need though. Id guess that a 1000w inv. should be sufficient. From memory I think they are about $300.
1000w fark - that is huge - I am thinking 300-400 would be more than enough - 700w is a 4" grinder

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Yeah but I thought that if you were going to go to the trouble of buying/fitting an inverter he may as well be able to run a few things off it.

I guess it is a bit of overkill though.
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Post by GUEEY »

i run a Xbox in a patrol with one of the $59 drink can style inverters i think it is 100watt.
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Post by RaginRover »

v840 wrote:
RaginRover wrote:
v840 wrote:An inverter is the obvious choice. Not sure what power you need though. Id guess that a 1000w inv. should be sufficient. From memory I think they are about $300.
1000w fark - that is huge - I am thinking 300-400 would be more than enough - 700w is a 4" grinder

Tom
Yeah but I thought that if you were going to go to the trouble of buying/fitting an inverter he may as well be able to run a few things off it.

I guess it is a bit of overkill though.
Very true - good thinking

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Post by jdubya »

Have had a few mates with Xboxes and PS2s in there cars(riceboxes). They just bought a cheap inv. from Jaycar. However all of there cars were broken into. So just be careful and keep it well hidden.
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Post by jimbo jones »

thanks guys whay do you think about the adaptor on ebay any good?
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Post by Beastmavster »

Why buy off ebay for more than you can buy it from a shop with a warranty???????
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Post by jimbo jones »

Beastmavster wrote:Why buy off ebay for more than you can buy it from a shop with a warranty???????


what shop sells thease
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Post by dansedgli »

JB hifi has them. $25 i just used the ebay one as an example.
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Post by Emo »

Aldi have a 300 watt, twin outlet inverter on sale from next Thursday for $59.
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