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supafly
Olney
Maryland, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 anyone have any experience with power inverters? what brands to get, what brands not to get, etc...i hear stories about some of them being noisy, some of them just not workin...where to place them, you know the deal!

basically i am trying to hardwire one to the battery (i do not want to use the cig lighter) and route it to behind the dash i guess so i can stick somethin in the glovebox.

any suggestions would be great! thanks1 :mrgreen:

[#] Mar 24, 2008 09:26am
CaptainJack
Buffalo Grove
Illinois, US
  • Oil Changer
 Depends on what you want to do with it. Just make sure you don't skimp and get one that isn't powerful enough to sustain the load of what you're hooking up to it. Also, some of them have to be manually turned on every time the power cycles or if it trips so if you want to bury it in the dash you may want to consider getting one with a switch that stays on or make sure you put it somewhere you can reach the switch easily. Also, if you're going to direct connect it make sure you don't drain your battery!


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[#] Mar 24, 2008 10:32am
supafly
Olney
Maryland, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 thanks! its just for a ps2. i was lookin to upgrade my battery too when i did it.

[#] Mar 24, 2008 10:41am
FrAnkRYzzO
Perry Hall
Maryland, US
  • $upervillain
    for Hire
 If you're just going to use it for a ps2, why not just get the dc adapter and hardwire it?

http://www.amazon.com/Pla...wer-Adapter/dp/B0007PHO8Y

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[#] Mar 24, 2008 10:51am
supafly
Olney
Maryland, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 how would you go about hardwiring a dc adapter? i thought you needed the inverter for it to be hardwired.

[#] Mar 24, 2008 11:06am
FrAnkRYzzO
Perry Hall
Maryland, US
  • $upervillain
    for Hire
 It's still early. Sorry, hardwire isn't the right term, but you could install a dc plug somewhere behind the dash and depending on how you wired it, you could have it always powered, powered when the car is turned, or hooked up to a switch. What I meant was that you could use the adapter in a way that wouldn't require you to use the cig lighter or the accessory plug in the center concole. It just seems like this would be a more practical solution then installing an inverter for just the ps2.

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[#] Mar 24, 2008 11:10am
supafly
Olney
Maryland, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 thanks!

http://www.radioshack.com...g=2&parentPage=family

looks like ill be headin to radio shack sometime this week. $7 aint bad. aint bad at all.

[#] Mar 24, 2008 11:18am
FrAnkRYzzO
Perry Hall
Maryland, US
  • $upervillain
    for Hire
 Nice :mrgreen:

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[#] Mar 24, 2008 11:21am
Headlessmunky
West Virginia, US
  • Detailer
supafly wrote:
anyone have any experience with power inverters? what brands to get, what brands not to get, etc...i hear stories about some of them being noisy, some of them just not workin...where to place them, you know the deal!

basically i am trying to hardwire one to the battery (i do not want to use the cig lighter) and route it to behind the dash i guess so i can stick somethin in the glovebox.

any suggestions would be great! thanks1 :mrgreen:


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[#] Mar 24, 2008 06:05pm

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