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(Message started by: leftofcentre on Jan 26^th, 2006, 7:26pm)

Title: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by leftofcentre on Jan 26^th, 2006, 7:26pm

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?

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Highlander on Jan 26^th, 2006, 8:16pm

Try it and see ;D

I have a 300w inverter in the boot and its a handy tool ;D

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Octavian_P on Jan 26^th, 2006, 9:11pm

I'll put a 300+ W invertor in my trunk soon, along with a full desktop computer.....well that will jump a lot ;D

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Geoff_W on Jan 26^th, 2006, 10:26pm

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.

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by leftofcentre on Jan 26^th, 2006, 10:41pm

300W !! ??

What on earth neccessitates that?

Fridge/freezer on the back seat, washer dryer up front and microwave in the glovebox? :D

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Baz on Jan 27^th, 2006, 12:24am

I have a fridge and a kettle but all are 12v!!

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Geoff_W on Jan 27^th, 2006, 1:00pm

Hey Baz

What about the karaoke machine? 8)

Geoff

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Octavian_P on Jan 27^th, 2006, 9:39pm

on 01/26/06 at 22:41:46, leftofcentre wrote:

300W !! ??

What on earth neccessitates that?

Fridge/freezer on the back seat, washer dryer up front and microwave in the glovebox? :D

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 ::)

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by leftofcentre on Jan 27^th, 2006, 9:49pm

and what effect does all this have on fuel consump/alternator/battery?

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Scorpioen84 on Jan 28^th, 2006, 5:53am

http://www.torejorgen.com/scorpio/scorp_230v.jpg

Ant this is covered by a plate with 4, 230v outlets... ;D ;D

Manly powers the PS2...

Batterychargers, Mobilechargers, Worklight, Soldering iron and so on.... ;D

Looks incredably stupid when i had a 20meter loong cable from the car to power a "boomblaster" on a feeld on a "picknic-tripp"... }{

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by JohnJ on Jan 28^th, 2006, 1:42pm

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 ;D, 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. :)

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Octavian_P on Jan 28^th, 2006, 9:40pm

Thats' what i'm after lots of functions that could be done with a pc and 220 V ;D

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Highlander on Jan 28^th, 2006, 10:28pm

Plus you can always make the bodywork live to give the key scratchers something to think about ;)

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Highlander on Jan 28^th, 2006, 10:29pm

That was a joke!! dont try it!! lol

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by Octavian_P on Jan 29^th, 2006, 2:06pm

I think i will, now that you have reminded about a few "friendly" neighbors ;D

Title: Re: Mains powered DVD thru 12v/240v Inverter
Post by scorpio_man on Jan 29^th, 2006, 2:13pm

hi there

the us army have a truck that has a few 'extras', including electric door handles!! :o

http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/channels/index.cfm/channel/cartv_video/action/showvideo/vid/e_0053/vcat/Event/?s_prefs=h&vid=e_0053&vcat=Event