Advice needed re inverters

Reggie

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• Jan 15, 2005

• #1

Morning Chaps & Chapess's,

a mate of mine uses an inverter on his bike to charge camera batteries, mobile phones, laptops etc & I fancy one myself.

Again it's for the same type of kit, rather than heavy current items and I'd appreciate anyones recommendations, noting that size is of importance (the smaller the better). I'm doing a bit of a tour this year which will involve plenty of free camping and lots of photo's, so I reckon it's a good option.

Thoughts/suppliers/do & don't appreciated.

Regards

Reggie (AKA the Cameraman)

 

Cheesy Mike

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• Jan 15, 2005

• #2

Maplin. Everything you could ever want AND the staff know what they are talking about. See www.maplin.co.uk for a list of stores.

Mike

 

Jimb

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• Jan 15, 2005

• #3

Inverters

Usually come in 50w 150 w & 300 w capacities, 150 w is fine for what you need and not too big.

 

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• Jan 15, 2005

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DVD in a Car with an X Box

Yes I'm afraid I do drive a car, with the Family.

I have just come out of the company car scheme and bought myself a Mondeo Ghia TDCI Estate, with DVD, and my son's hot on playing his Xbox in the car, whilst the Daughter can watch the DVD

So what invertor do I need to run the X Box??.

Thanks for your help.

Gary.

 

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Jimb

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• Jan 16, 2005

• #5

Check out the current consumption on the electrical data label on the device, it will say X watts or maybe X amps.

1 Amp at 230 volts = 230watts, 0.5 amps = 120watts.

I imagine a small device like an X box will be less than 150 watts, more like 30 watts, so a 150 will do the job fine.

 

Reggie

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• Jan 17, 2005

• #6

Hi Jimb,

thanks for your advice.

Went to Maplins yesterday and got a 150w model for £19.99.

Cheers

Reggie AKA The Cameraman