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Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« on: Jan 26th, 2006, 7:26pm » |
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Just an idea.
If one was to wire an inverter into the car, would it be poss to use a mains powered DVD etc on the move?
I guess a normal DVD player would jump all over the place on the road tho huh?
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #1 on: Jan 26th, 2006, 8:16pm » |
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Try it and see 
I have a 300w inverter in the boot and its a handy tool
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #2 on: Jan 26th, 2006, 9:11pm » |
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I'll put a 300+ W invertor in my trunk soon, along with a full desktop computer.....well that will jump a lot
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #3 on: Jan 26th, 2006, 10:26pm » |
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You are probably better putting something together in a case using a 2.5 portable drive as that will probably cope better with g forces on the move. Baz has been or is planning to experiment and I think a couple of the other guys are using mini pcs with wireless networks for music and stuff.
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #4 on: Jan 26th, 2006, 10:41pm » |
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300W !! ??
What on earth neccessitates that?
Fridge/freezer on the back seat, washer dryer up front and microwave in the glovebox? 
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #5 on: Jan 27th, 2006, 12:24am » |
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I have a fridge and a kettle but all are 12v!!
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #6 on: Jan 27th, 2006, 1:00pm » |
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Hey Baz
What about the karaoke machine? 
Geoff
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #7 on: Jan 27th, 2006, 9:39pm » |
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on Jan 26th, 2006, 10:41pm, leftofcentre wrote:300W !! ??
What on earth neccessitates that?
Fridge/freezer on the back seat, washer dryer up front and microwave in the glovebox? |
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Actually i was thinking more at a coffe machine in the back seat but a carputer shell do fine for now, if i could get my heands on a cheap TFT monitor.
PS nominal power is 300+W, peek is somewhere over 800W
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #8 on: Jan 27th, 2006, 9:49pm » |
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and what effect does all this have on fuel consump/alternator/battery?
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #9 on: Jan 28th, 2006, 5:53am » |
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Ant this is covered by a plate with 4, 230v outlets...
Manly powers the PS2...
Batterychargers, Mobilechargers, Worklight, Soldering iron and so on....
Looks incredably stupid when i had a 20meter loong cable from the car to power a "boomblaster" on a feeld on a "picknic-tripp"... 
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #10 on: Jan 28th, 2006, 1:42pm » |
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You could have a small PC in the back with an external HD, for sotring and updating, wireless network for stopping at hot spots, outside someones house , use winamp to play favouraite tunes and have a lovely 10inch touch screen on the dash, could aslo rig it to monitor you car engines perfomance through the data cable. there is endless use for this, also could be used to make mobile phone calls, Skype phone calls in hot spots, might do this myself, but you have to spend along time in the car, GPS AA autoroute beside your TV show. 
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #11 on: Jan 28th, 2006, 9:40pm » |
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Thats' what i'm after lots of functions that could be done with a pc and 220 V
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #12 on: Jan 28th, 2006, 10:28pm » |
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Plus you can always make the bodywork live to give the key scratchers something to think about 
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #13 on: Jan 28th, 2006, 10:29pm » |
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That was a joke!! dont try it!! lol
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Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
« Reply #14 on: Jan 29th, 2006, 2:06pm » |
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I think i will, now that you have reminded about a few "friendly" neighbors
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