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  1. 07-17-2009 08:04 AM #1
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    How Many Watts Does It Take To Run an Small TV and A Video Game?? This Company i'm thinking about Jumping Ship to Says They Allow Up To 1000 Watts and I really want to bring my Xbox360 Along with a Decent Size TV... I don't want a Mircowave, i just need a little fridge, a croc pot, and a geroge foreman grill and i'm good lol...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkjr View Post
    How Many Watts Does It Take To Run an Small TV and A Video Game?? This Company i'm thinking about Jumping Ship to Says They Allow Up To 1000 Watts and I really want to bring my Xbox360 Along with a Decent Size TV... I don't want a Mircowave, i just need a little fridge, a croc pot, and a geroge foreman grill and i'm good lol...
    You should be fine with just the 360 and the tv on a 1000 watter. But the answer to your question is entirely dependent upon which TV you are using.

    There are different "flavors" of X-Box 360 and depending on which one you have it will consume between 160 to 210 watts. That leaves you say, 700 watts left with a little buffer. So you would have to have a serious tv to use all of that up. You're good-to-go unless you figured out how to install a 75" plasma in the sleeper.

    You could run them on 400W.
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    Your also probably not going to be running everything at once either so you should be ok........unless of course your a Super Duper Super Trucker and will be having everything running at the same time while also driving down the road and yammering away on the CB.
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    ok... i'll take that in consideration.. i dont plan on using everything at once.. i do need the conversion box but i don't think that uses many watts... so yeah i'll look into a small 500 watter.. How much will a small cooler/fridge use??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkjr View Post
    ok... i'll take that in consideration.. i dont plan on using everything at once.. i do need the conversion box but i don't think that uses many watts... so yeah i'll look into a small 500 watter.. How much will a small cooler/fridge use??
    The formula is Voltage times Current. So just look at whatever it is that you want to plug in and if it does not already state what the wattage use is, then use the formula.

    Example for a fridge:

    110 volts times 2 amps = 220 watts

    Plus remember that there are lots of 12V devices out there (including refrigerators) that wouldn't even use the inverter.
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    For a frig, check out the units like "NORCOLD". They'll make ice for you, and store ice-cream. But, they do not use a seperate inverter. They wire directly into the 12V system. May run about $500 or so. There are different makes, and different sizes too. Prices vary from one to the other.

    I run a crock pot on a 300 watt, TV is wired for 12V, computer and crock pot work fine at he same time. Coffee pot is 12V. And, use a butane stove to fry my eggs.
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    A couple of links you might try:

    Engel 12 Volt Portable Refrigerator & 12 Volt Freezer, Low Power Consumption & Long Life

    Norcold Motorhome/RV/Marine/Truck Refrigerators

    12 Volt Freezers - Shop Smarter.com

    Portable Travel Coolers, 12 Volt Travel Cooler & 12V Portable Fridge / Freezers

    Big Frog Mountain- Engel 12 Volt Portable Refrigerators, Freezers, Energy Efficient & Durable- 12V, 24V, & 120V

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    That's nice to know you don't need a big watt inverter. Why do people have 2000 watts if 500-750 will do?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigmon View Post
    That's nice to know you don't need a big watt inverter. Why do people have 2000 watts if 500-750 will do?
    Well, that won't do if they have enough running on it. We had one in the shop last week that had us install satellite TV into that had: 37" widescreen TV, TV receiver, microwave, coffee pot, computer, refrigerator, and a PS3. She would have been able to get away with a smaller inverter if her fridge and coffee pot were 12V, but as it was, eveything was on a 1500W inverter. Yikes.
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    Had to bump this cause i have a question... If i kept the truck running and i had an 400 watt inverter and it plugged into a cig adapter would there be any problems???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkjr View Post
    Had to bump this cause i have a question... If i kept the truck running and i had an 400 watt inverter and it plugged into a cig adapter would there be any problems???
    Problems with what? As long as you didn't exceed the rated wattage with the things you plugged into it, you'd be fine.
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