Thread: old school carputer monitor

Originally Posted by acornstu

i have an old computer i want in my old pickup. keep in mond i'm broke and i know it'll be tacky, but i don't care (for now) will a 5 or 6 year old regular everyday monitor work in my truck will it take a lot of power???

Yes and Yes.

Originally Posted by acornstu

sweet, thanks. wild guess to about how many watt converter i'll need???

Look at the specs on the back of the monitor.

Originally Posted by 1BlackHatch

Look at the specs on the back of the monitor.

They are usually around 0.6 or 0.7 A at 120v. I guess that is around 70 or 80 watts.

I think monitors require a higher surge wattage, check that with someone though.

Looking at the back of my old 17" CRT, its power requirements are 100~240v @2.5A. Ergo your looking at 300watts MIN, and more like 600w just for the monitor alone.

It would probably be cheaper to just get a cheapo LCD and do it that way

crt!!! that is alot of space. where are you going to mount it?

Originally Posted by cirvin

crt!!! that is alot of space. where are you going to mount it?

haha you could use it as your steering wheel