power invertors help need to power my PS2

[CS_Matt]

for those of u with ps2 in your car and the like what convertor do i need, where can i get it from and how much is it?

got the rest of the ystem lined up but need to sort the convertor and not sure which one i need and where to get one from

cheers

matt

 

[davidol]

halfords - £35 quid

 

[Evil ICE]

Try maplins. They have a special offer on them for £30. A 150 watt model will work but I bought the 330 watt model just to make sure as ive heard stories abut people having problems with the lower ones.

Russ

 

[KDF]

I got mine from maplins, 29.99 for a 300w inverter.. note these are not true sine wave but are modified sine wave, the true one would be better but are 100+ quid.

 

[connor]

arnt these just the simple box thingy that has a plug hole on one side & on the other it has a cigerette lighter? Which u can obviously cut & take it to the battery.

Surely it would be better to use the proper ps2 converter thingys? I will be doing this soon but using my XBOX instead, What can I buy to use that in my car? just a simple 300w inverter?
Coz ive got a DC to AC 150W power inverter sitting next to me, you surely aint telling me thats the way u do it?
Coz Ive heard that these things produce "dirty" electricity & you can get ALOT of interference in the signal, surely this will be heard thru the speakers?
Anyone else heard of this ?

PS Sorry to steal ur thread Matt

 

[KDF]

Got my Xbox running off a 300w invertor I got some inteference through the video line but I grounded the video line to the chasis and earth of the car, no problems now.

 

[connor]

How did you ground the video line then? was there an earth cable that came with it then? Or a GND out or somet?

 

[msa197]

there is a 12v conversion from http://www.bigcattech.co.ukwww.bigcattech.co.uk or 01724 735200 cost £68 in maxpower may 2003

hope this helps!

 

[KDF]

Quote: Originally posted by connor on 01 July 2003
How did you ground the video line then? was there an earth cable that came with it then? Or a GND out or somet?


No, it made sense to me that this would fix the problem (used to be AV Techie)

I wired all the wires up myself so it was simply a case of soldering the earth to a connecter which attaches to the gnd/earth of the inverter

 

[connor]

ah ok mate, sounds easy enough, I will try that when I get it cheers!