Gadgets to have on the truck...

you aren't going to be able to power all that on a 400 watt inverter.

and having had a tv on the road....just use your laptop to play movies on..if you manage to get tv signal anywhere it's never that good,
besides if you have enough time to watch tv then you ain't makin money...I used to put a movie in my laptop and within 15 minutes I'd be asleep

Just my 2 cents

 

Hamshoe, you can buy a VGA cable for about $5 and a 3.5 audio cable for a couple dollars more and hook your netbbook up to the TV and either use it as a larger computer monitor or more importantly use the netbook to stream Netflix or Hulu or go to any of the major broadcaster's website, like ABC's (they don't broadcast on HULU, that is FOX, NBC venture) to your TV. You don't even really need to worry about a broadcast signal when you can get most programing online for free, the only thing you don't get is local programming, sporting events or local news.

 

Valid point Nik. I may just use the refrigerator and plug in my lap top to the berth 12V.

KH

 

I would double check the specs on both the inverter and the fridge to make sure they will be compatible......normally those fridges pull alot of power and that may be too much for a 400 watt. I used to have a coleman electric cooler that I plugged into the 12v in the bunk and used my 400 watt inverter for everything else. I upgraded to an 800 watt inverter but I still wouldn't have wanted to plug a fridge into it.
The reason for double checking it is you don't want a fire to start...because something shorts out.....these #### trucks go up in flames really quick man

 

Not sure 400w will power a fridge hence the reason a lot of swifties have to get 12v coolers

 

still would like to get my inverter wired in, but want to get it done right.

gadgets to have on the truck? laptop, external 1 TB hard drive with all my movies, Microsoft streets and trips (GPS) and my 3 n 1 printer/scanner/copier.

after i get my inverter, a 700w microwave, toaster oven, fridge, stripper pole and disco ball. =)

 

Very true sir. I am a freak about things like that. Safety is my number one priority. If it means getting a coleman, I will have too. Any company driver have the current rules for inverter sizes if ones are allowed??

KH

 

KH, I thought you were with WalMart. Did that fall through?

 

That compressor wiill take you a month to fill up a truck tire.. High pressure, low volume..

That inverter is 300 watts not 300 amps.. It'll charge a cell phone and computer. Don't try to run any appliances with it..

I think I'd leave it at home..