Sony PS4 & Inverter question

I shouldn't have included the ps4 in that reply because I don't own one. I can only speak to the xbox and PS3, I tried several "truck stop" inverters to include a 3000 watt cobra, none, not a single one would power up the PS3. I ended up stopping at a camper dealer outside of Talladega, bought a pure sine inverter, never had a problem again. This was 6 or 7 years ago, maybe something has changed within the "cheaper" inverters but I highly doubt it.

 

There used to be a guy that would do a segment on electronics on one of the morning shows on the road dog channel. (6 or 7 years ago) I ended up calling in to him and asking about this. I couldn't figure out why everything else would run off of the 3000 watt cobra but not the PS3. The way he explained it, the PS3 requires "cleaner" power, much like a household plug to operate.

 

Im a truck driver for 5yrs. I bought my ps4 with a 300 watt power drive . your question is will this work . the answer is yes and no. It may or may not turn on but if it does turn on it can start out fine until you try to load your game to play. Thats when a power surge will happen because that will be when everything in the system will turn on so it will be at max wattage for the inverter.. There will be no way around hard wire to your battery. 12V lighter plugs wont even turn on the ps4. My suggest get a 400W or more inverter.

 

2014 Cascadia. Engine idling at 14-14.5v. 140w cig inverter would not turn a ps4 on. 300w starts and runs ps4 and a 24in tv usually, but ps4 would turn off sometimes. Moved tv to a dif outlet with the 140w inv. All runs well.

 

I thing the plugs are all tied in to the same fuse.

My last truck, i used a heater for water, burritos. Those plugs didn't last long. Wiring got fixed twice but i have no idea what the problem was. By the time the truck went by by. The plugs didn't work enough to even charge my phones. Had to use the invertor with a 120v plug. the chargers would light up. But that was the extent of the amperage. And i'm not talking just one socket either. It was ALL of them. How the invertor was able to charge my laptop, run my printer and my phones i have no idea. But none of the sockets would charge my phones using 12 volt usb plugs, let alone heat up water anymore.

Could it be a corroded connection. I don't know.

I miss having hot water and a oven. But won't try with the new truck. I need power more then i need hot foot.

 

You can run the very slim PS3 with the sliding tray on top of it. All the other ones I've tried don't get enough juice

 

I am guessing the power drives all the truck stops sell are modified sine. I know my ps3 worked on the little 300w power drive I picked up from loves (wouldn't work on a 1500w cobra from Wal-Mart) ps4 on the other hand would start and as soon as you start a game, the extra draw would shut it down. Don't want to damage the system and have heard both sides of do or don't use a ups but would the larger power drives work? I had a buddy give me a 1500w power drive. Only wires I had to test it were the battery clamps that came with the 300w model. Got no lights just a beep, figured the wires were not a big enough gauge. But I still have my #2 awg weld wire from the cobra at the house. That should be sufficient I imagine. Any suggestions on to use or not use a ups? What about plugging in a real good surge protector to the inverter prior to plugging your devices. I was always told the higher the joules on those the better in case you got a bad spike

 

Ps3 slim is the way to go. Ps4 will pop fuses eventually if using cig lighters.