SoCal 11/5/05 Pics & Videos

**arebelspy** · 11-08-2005, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by 0l33l

Inverters... expensive and waste of energy. Plus they introduce noise into the system.

Pure sine wave dude.. I got a 600W Cont./1000W Peak for $142 shipped (sale is gone now sadly, or I'd buy 10 more - you can get 300W/500 for slightly cheaper than that though).. I'm running it plus and Opus 150W and thinking of ditching the Opus. It's just as efficient as the Opus, no noise (pure sine = yay, modified sine = boo), and cheaper than the Opus (although yeah usually more expensive). Plus I can run an extension cable to my glovebox and have a powerstrip in there to power the monitor, hubs, with their regular AC adapters, no running 5v lines from PSU.

Trust me, inverters got a bad rap from Sine Waves being way over priced and the modified sines being **** (you go buy one in a store, it's junk). Pick a store with a decent 30 day return policy, grab a pure (true) sine wave inverter, and try it out.. what do you have to lose besides a little time? It'll power your desktop pc, etc..

Originally Posted by 0l33l

Nah... I've had the guys run the power cable. I ran the remote turnon and speaker cable myself

Funny I did the opposite.. had someone run the speaker cables but ran my own power and ground cables.

-arebelspy

**0l33l** · 11-08-2005, 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by arebelspy

Pure sine wave dude.. I got a 600W Cont./1000W Peak for $142 shipped (sale is gone now sadly, or I'd buy 10 more - you can get 300W/500 for slightly cheaper than that though).. I'm running it plus and Opus 150W and thinking of ditching the Opus. It's just as efficient as the Opus, no noise (pure sine = yay, modified sine = boo), and cheaper than the Opus (although yeah usually more expensive). Plus I can run an extension cable to my glovebox and have a powerstrip in there to power the monitor, hubs, with their regular AC adapters, no running 5v lines from PSU.

Trust me, inverters got a bad rap from Sine Waves being way over priced and the modified sines being **** (you go buy one in a store, it's junk). Pick a store with a decent 30 day return policy, grab a pure (true) sine wave inverter, and try it out.. what do you have to lose besides a little time? It'll power your desktop pc, etc..

Funny I did the opposite.. had someone run the speaker cables but ran my own power and ground cables.

-arebelspy

I guess... I'd rather have dc-dc. Plus it won't need an SDC.

Oh yeh.... none of the cables are hooked up yet. And I don't have any fuses.

**silencery** · 11-08-2005, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by kmcniece

Wish I could have been there.
We have one person at our MP3car get together... every week, Me. I use the term "our" and "we" very loosely...... Maybe I will drive back down to LA for the next one....

whoa.... what the heck?? when did you move to oregon?? I really wanted to see your setup in person when you were finished... it bet it'll be awesome!

Please remember to post pics at least if you're not gonna show up

**0l33l** · 11-08-2005, 02:58 AM

Originally Posted by silencery

whoa.... what the heck?? when did you move to oregon?? I really wanted to see your setup in person when you were finished... it bet it'll be awesome!

Please remember to post pics at least if you're not gonna show up

He moved like a while ago...

**silencery** · 11-08-2005, 04:10 AM

**MatrixPC** · 11-08-2005, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by 0l33l

Nah... I've had the guys run the power cable. I ran the remote turnon and speaker cable myself

Since you are uncomfortable about cutting a non-functional alarm's siren wire and reconnect later, I say you should leave all wires/cables run/connect to some one else to do it.

**WebDog** · 11-08-2005, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by silencery

whoa.... what the heck?? when did you move to oregon?? I really wanted to see your setup in person when you were finished... it bet it'll be awesome!

Please remember to post pics at least if you're not gonna show up

haha i pmed him the other day asking the same...

**kmcniece** · 11-08-2005, 09:26 AM

I will post pics of my next meet... and my carputer progress in a thread next week.

**0l33l** · 11-10-2005, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by MatrixPC

Since you are uncomfortable about cutting a non-functional alarm's siren wire and reconnect later, I say you should leave all wires/cables run/connect to some one else to do it.

Huh? The alarm was functional. The stock alarm was the one that doesn't work.