what size of invertor

[crazycracker]

What size invertor do i need to run the regular old xbox? :cheers:

thanks crazycracker

[Big_Dave]

Take a peek at the back of the Xbox. There should be amperage or wattage info on the tag somewhere. Then buy an inverter that's rated higher.

[crazycracker]

there is a little sticker that says 100v -127v-2.1A 50/60 hz. So please correct me if i am wrong. But if i use a 400 watt invertor i should be ok.

[Big_Dave]

Yeah, a 400 watt inverter will work just fine for an Xbox.

Make sure that you occasionally check the tightness of the 'lugs' that hold the cord to the back of the inverter. If they work loose, your inverter will beep at you and your Xbox will act funky.

[crazycracker]

thanks dave :cheers:

[Jimbo]

Don't forget to figure in the TV you will be playing the Xbox on too. The bad thing about some TV sets is that they draw a ton of juice while warming up. I had a TV that said it took 80 watts. When you first started the thing up, the draw on my inverter spiked up to 250 watts for about 10 seconds, before settling down to about 80 watts.

Turn the tv on, and let it warm up a minute or so before turning on the game, if the inverter is close to it's limit.

[David_Reed]

Don't forget to figure in the TV you will be playing the Xbox on too. The bad thing about some TV sets is that they draw a ton of juice while warming up. I had a TV that said it took 80 watts. When you first started the thing up, the draw on my inverter spiked up to 250 watts for about 10 seconds, before settling down to about 80 watts.

Turn the tv on, and let it warm up a minute or so before turning on the game, if the inverter is close to it's limit.

My guess is the TV is AC/DC, and he's using DC.

The high voltage, or "flyback" transformer and several high-voltage capacitors in the TV cause that initial surge on a TV.
Many sets nowadays have what they call an "instant-on" feature, where as long as it is plugged into a voltage supply those circuits are "hot" even though you may have turned the set "off", it ain't really off all the way.

[Trucker73]

The company that I will probably working at said that If I bought a 1250 watt inverter they would install it for me. I have never heard of a company doing this for their employees. I heard so many good things about them and that is just one more!

[Admin]

What about install and buy that thing for the driver free :wtf:

[Trucker73]

What about install and buy that thing for the driver free :wtf:
That would be great!

[Uturn2001]

The company that I will probably working at said that If I bought a 1250 watt inverter they would install it for me. I have never heard of a company doing this for their employees. I heard so many good things about them and that is just one more!

Many companies that allow the installation of the bigger inverters insist on having the shop install them. In theory it is so the company knows it was put in correctly to avoid catching the truck on fire.

In reality they sometimes have no clue on how to put one in safely. :wacko: :wacko:

[Uturn2001]

What about install and buy that thing for the driver free :wtf:

Forget the inverter. I wish these companies would install and maintain APU's with 110 capabilites on their trucks. With all thier griping about idle time due to fuel costs and all of these anti-idling laws popping up (some of which are totally asinine) it would make the driver's life on the road a lot more comfortable and reduce a lot of stress.