Putting a Pc and Printer in Astro Van???

[ahillworks 10+ year member]

Ok I want to place a Pc and Printer in my Astro Van I will be getting soon. What is the best way to hook this up since I have never placed a pc and a printer in a car before.

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

power inverter and a place far away from subs.

why are you doing this? to have a mobile office?

 

[Cravingbass123]

u have a shop and cant install a computer or a **** printer in a car?????

thats sad

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Here is a better forum for researching this question. I'd advise reading the stickies.

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/

 

[ahillworks 10+ year member]

u have a shop and cant install a computer or a **** printer in a car?????thats sad

No I do not have a shop but I can do basic installs. I have never installed a pc before so it would be great to learn.

 

[ahillworks 10+ year member]

power inverter and a place far away from subs.
why are you doing this? to have a mobile office?

Yes I would like to be mobile all the way. I would like to be able to print invoices and such with out doing it from home. This way I am able to keep my business away from my personal house.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

why not just use a laptop?

 

[Cravingbass123]

No I do not have a shop but I can do basic installs. I have never installed a pc before so it would be great to learn.

oh ok well you need a power inverter obviously and some sort of padding/console to house the computer to keep the vibrations down if you want/ manage the wires nicely and make sure the computer has ventilation.

my friends dad's roofing company has the computer towers doubled as the center console in their trucks, maybe you could make it fit as a center console

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

well, get a big enough inverter to run everything and a safe place to put it so magnets don't wipe it, secure everything down and roll out

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

just buy a used car pc off of the mp3 forums linked above. wont cost too much and will be alot better for a vehicle

 

[ahillworks 10+ year member]

Thank you guys for all the responses. I do have a normal pc and laptop. I may just take the laptop apart since when I got it it was in like 1000 peaces and just section each part of it in a location well vented. I plan on making the back of the van a work station with all my tools and harnesses ect.. I need. Keeping a low stock so if some prick does decide to break into the van I wont be out to much. The middle may be a work station for office things like pc and possible a demo section selling speakers and units haven't thought that one out yet.

But thank you for the reply's.

 

[ahillworks 10+ year member]

Best route for me was to get a power invertor so i did. I got one with 1000watts and 2000watt max output for 55.79 shipped and if thats not enough I have another 600 watt at the house doing nothing so cool.

It would be cool to purchase the whole set up from that mp3 site but the touch screen monitors get pretty hight for a nice big screen so that was out of the question.