Need help...POWER INVERTER

[YoungBuk 10+ year member]

Hey, i am hooking up a desktop pc in my car and i need to know what type of power inverter could i plug the computer into...its just going to be the tower no monitor. How many watts should the power inverter be?

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[djman37 5,000+ posts]

More than your power suppy in your computer!

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Somewhere on the tower it should say how much power it draws. look on the labels in the back.

 

[YoungBuk 10+ year member]

okay heres wat it says

INPUT

100-127/200-240v~

4.0/2.0A 50-60Hz

OUTPUT

120w MAX

 

[Jason Sybert 10+ year member]

I would get a 700watt or higher just to be on the safe side. And if you have a few extra watts who knows you might need to plug something in sometime.

 

[blue93corsica 10+ year member]

I would get a 700watt or higher just to be on the safe side. And if you have a few extra watts who knows you might need to plug something in sometime.

i'd say thats a bit overkill and going to be rather expensive too, if it needs 120 watts peak, get a 300 watt peak inverter, unless you will weant to hook up other things later then you can get one slightly larger

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

and from I've found, inverters are about $.10/watt.

 

[YoungBuk 10+ year member]

Thanks guys...so a 300 watt inverter should be plenty? what about this other junk

INPUT

100-127/200-240v~

4.0/2.0A 50-60Hz

^should i have to worry about that or just the 120w output?

i can get a 300w inverter for about $45 and a 700w for $70...What you guys think

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

if you don't mind, grab the bigger of the two inverters.