Carputer - psu - help needed

[Alex]

1st off i have a 300watt psu in my pc.

Does 600watts AC = round about 300watts of DC or am i just talking absolute ********?

Will this Inverter be good enough for my pc?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=3578193408&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=46085

and also, anyone with a carputer or experience can i bug u on msn, because its unfair on smee alonety in advance


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[Anonymous]

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Mullucks m8

600w is probably the peak rating, 300w is probably the RMS rating...

If you have a 300w psu in your PC, you need a 300w inverter, simple as that. So that inverter should be ok, but i am sure they are cheaper at maplins...

The infamous link...
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=36316&TabID=1&source=15&WorldID=&doy=8m12

I have a carputer, a pic can be found here http://www.daz155hgt.co.uk/Pics/car.htm you can bug me on msn whenever i am online, but late for tonight, but i'm sure i will be online sometime tomorrow evening... ([email protected])

Lots of good info and software can be found here http://www.mp3car.com

Daz

 

[carputer - psu - help needed]

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two of my mates were talking ******** then lol, thanks alot mate, ill talk to u tommorow

 

[Anonymous]

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on ebay they got 500watt inverters 26 squid a bargin i think. just need to find a relay

Smee

 

[Tom]

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The rating of a PC PSU is usually its output power, ie the power required is more than the output power.

Avoid square wave inverters like the plague, you'll get noise through your audio. Go for pure sine wave only, more expensive but work a lot better.

 

[Anonymous]

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I have an el cheapo 300w inverter from maplins, i used to get a little noise on booting, but as soon as the Windows logo appeared the interference goes...

This was easily sorted by grounding the chassis/motherboard.

If you are looking at a 600w true sinewave inverter, of course they are much better, but having seen the prices, they are very expensive.

600w true signwave inverter on maplins is £299!

Not sure if this is correct, but i got told on MP3Car.com that the external USB soundcard i am using seems to get rid of alot of interfence...

Daz

 

[Tom]

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Yup, a USB sound dongle will sort out alot of the noise.

We have a true sine inverter at work and it wasn't that expensive, about £50 or so.

 

[Anonymous]

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£50? how powerful was it?

On my new PC i have a 500w PSU, so i was going to get a 600w square wave as the true sinewave's are so expensive, if you can suggest a 600w true signwave for

 

[Tom]

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might be 400W but I think its bigger, I'll eye it up tomorrow.

Its deffo true sine as we had it on a scope

It might have come from Makro though.

 

[Tom]

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http://www.netpcdirect.co.uk/inverter.php

They are modified sine wave which is better than square.

 

[Anonymous]

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It'll be ok if it came from Makro as there is one near me...

Are you sure the ones on the link are modified sinewave? (as thats the one i have)

This one

Daz

 

[Alex]

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I got the cheap £20 300watts Inveter from Maplin today, works perfectly fine

AMD 1700
512 memory
40gig x 2
geforce2

and a 15" tft monitor (jus for testing)

The inverter runs all of these with no problems at all.

 

[Anonymous]

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Have you got speakers on the pc, if so, are you getting any noise?

Daz

 

[Alex]

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no speakers yet, think ill be getting a usb soundcard .

 

[Alex]

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OK tommrow im going to start hiding the wires.

Is it worth rapping all the wires in insualtion tape? or any other type of tape? also, whats the best route to wire from the boot to the front?

thanks in adv

 

[Tom]

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The site says they are all MSW.

 

[BlackBravo]

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just remember to keep the power wires away from the phonos to reduce the chance of noise,
you can tape some together to make a tidyier (i know its not seen but) and easier install
only my 0.02 tho!
Pete

Pete

 

[Tom]

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Its actually a myth about keeping the RCAs away from the power wires.

 

[Alex]

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Also, are the stock speakers any good? or just absolute ****

 

[BlackBravo]

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i thought the rca`s were`nt very well shield,
i try and work on the principle "every little helps"
and no i dont work 4 tesco`s, i work for the Co-Op lol

Pete