As a company driver, what are my best options for A/C power. The company i will be working for states i can have up to a 1700w inverter. Do i have other options? Will a 1700w invert be enough power for a computer (non laptop) and fridge to run on?
What is an APU and is a viable option?
Best A/C power option
Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by EmersonSC, Mar 14, 2009.
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It should run the fridge and laptop, APU isn't something you would want to do on someone else's truck.
Anything over a few hundred has to be wired to the battey set. -
Im running a desktop :-/ not a lappy. My desktop has a tuner card, nice video cards, and a blu-ray player so i wont be bored.
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What size power supply do you have in your 'puter? I imagine it isn't over 1KW (1000 watts). If so, then the 1700 Watt inverter will run it. In fact, I'm willing to bet it will run the puter and the monitor. I'm assuming you have an LCD monitor.
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Corsair TX750 (750w) PSU, 21.6" westinghouse 1080p monitor. -
that's a hell of a box! i never tried the water cooling. You must be doing some serious gaming/overclocking. or is that some fancy wire management?
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I've got my CPU (AMD Phenom II 940) and my two vid cards that are running in crossfire water cooled (Diamond HD 4870 512MB)
Specs:
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe
AMD Phenom II 940 BE
Mushkin Red-Line DDR2 2x2GB
(2) Diamond 4870 512MB
Corsair TX750 PSU
LG Blu-Ray Player + DVD-RW w/light scribe
Swiftech 655 Pump
Swiftech Micro Rez
Swiftech Dual-Rad
Black Ice Extreme 2 dual rad
Swiftech Apogee GT CPU waterblock
(2) XSPC full coverage VGA waterblocks
(2) WD Green Power 500GB HDD
Cooler Master 932 HAF Case
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Westinghouse 21.6" 1080p LCD Monitor
Logitech Precision headset w/microphone USB
Microsoft Wheel Mouse -
I'm atually trying to sell it so i can get a laptop
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rofl those spec lists pop up in the funniest places.
i'm thinking of building a new barebones box with pretty much just the mobo, vidcard, and hd to try and keep the power req's minimal as inverters aren't allowed in our company trucks. you know how it goes... one ####### burns up his truck rewireing his inverter and now nobody's allowed to have one. -
Haha its like having a big truck for some guys. Bragging rights for the nerds.
The place im gonna be working for has a 1700w limit and as long as you buy the stuff they will install it for free. I would say get a mini ATX mobo with a built in graphics cards. I can recommend some if you'd like. Also, Western Digital has a green power line that use low power, or you can spend the $$$ and get a SSD drive, but ive read they dont use much less power than a WD green power drive. They also make small cases for mini atx boards that take a smaller psu. It will help save space.
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