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Postby leevin » Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:55 pm

yeah, ive got a belkin one, ive powered my laptop a few times for road trips =]
on a funny note, we plugged a kettle into it to whilst we had a black out to make a cuppa... lol not good for the fuses haha. (friends car not mine).
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Postby jamez707 » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:15 am

i got a 12v plug in adaptor one of the generic ones that come with a few types of connections works fine not a problem...im still wanting to gat an inverter one day i just need to find a way to mount my 32 inch lcd to the dash..........any ideas?
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Postby Bandit » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:46 am

jamez707 wrote:i just need to find a way to mount my 32 inch lcd to the dash..........


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Postby LZY_EYE » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:59 am

I reckon a 32" LCD would look good in the back of your sportsback Bandit ;)

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Postby tmr_colt » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:01 am

if you guys ever buy belkin stuff, never pay full price for it.

i worked @ the good guys for 3 1/2 years selling digital cameras & computers and can tell you there's usually at least 100% markup on belkin products..

good stuff, but wayyy too much profit on them

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Postby Bandit » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:12 pm

lzy_eye wrote:I reckon a 32" LCD would look good in the back of your sportsback Bandit ;)


I don't even have a tv that big in my house :P

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Postby jamez707 » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:59 pm

that tv is my main computer monitor and i have a 19 for a secondary monitor
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Postby anzac_77 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:17 pm

I got an adapter from DSE a year ago, its pretty good but havent really used it much. it has a lot of different adapters to fit many brands

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Postby El-Diablo » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:46 pm

go with belkin

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Postby afro_inc » Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:22 pm

There's 2 different types of inverters u can get... Modified an pure sine wave... Modified is a raw kind of power used for things like power tools with quite wide tolerences for spiking an Wat not... Pure sine wave is exactly as the name suggests but is perfect for electrically sensitive equipment like ur laptop for running straight from or charging. Jaycar stock both pure is more expensive like double from my memory. They will also do a charger specifically for charging ur laptop

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Postby Fitter » Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:31 pm

When I worked for wow sight n sound we put a 32" tv into the back of a new model VW beetle... Was nuts
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Postby WTR » Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:33 pm

afro_inc wrote:Theres 2 different types of inverters u can get... Modified an pure sine wave... Modified is a raw kind of power used for things like power tools with quite wide tolerences for spiking an Wat not... Pure sine wave is exactly as the name suggests but is perfect for electrically sensitive equipment like ur laptop for running straight from or charging. Jaycar stock both pure is more expensive like double from my memory. They will also do a charger specifically for charging ur laptop


WTF ? You do not need an inverter to charge/power phones/laptops/GPS etc. from the car cigarette lighter socket .... a 12v DC to **v DC converter is all you need.

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Postby LZY_EYE » Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:53 pm

And you don't need a pure sine wave for a laptop anyways. The AC adapter converts the 240v to 16v or what ever the laptop is..

But like Ron says, you don't need an inverter anyways...

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Postby afro_inc » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:34 am

I Was just saying... I know u don't need it to charge anything... but u can do more with it in the future was the point I was making.

And yes i agree you can run the laptop from a modified but a pure sine for a laptop or tv or computer is better the pure puts out cleaner electricity. More chance of frying the charger or if it has an internal power supply like a tv you will toast the whole tv.


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