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Reply With QuoteYes - it's called an Opus
so my carputer works as follows
Battery-->inverter-->computer. I control the computer's on and off through a extended switch over the side. The computer can be turned on without the car being on.
Sometimes I want to make quick stops where i have to turn off my car, when I do that, the comptuer would still be on ( thats how I want it )
but when i get back into the car and start it, the computer has to be restarted because of the startup voltage draw which takes away from my inverter causing it to turn off momentary and the computer would be off.
Is there a device that can keep a little bit of power so my computer can survive the crank?
Yes - it's called an Opus
Wow, it's like reading posts from 3 years ago
With the invertors, some survive cranking, some don't.. with the cheap ones it's certainly pot luck. It's possible to have a second battery (say a motorbike battery) inline with diode to keep up the 12V while cranking but as Matthew230 days DC-DC power is the way to go if it will power your system, using an Opus, Cartnetix or other DC-DC power supply/regulator.
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Testing the opus
I just got an opus 150w , what is the best way to test it without actually hooking it up to the battery ? plug it in to the wall socket? then what do you do with the ign? : (
You need a 12V regulated power supply on your test rig, that is capable of pumping out say at least 200W. best ones are preoper test equipment stuff. You would probably want to wire it up so you can provide permanent live, ground and a switched live via your own custom switch to simulate the ignition on.Originally Posted by ltrain1007
If you actually meant wire it straight into 240V or whatever your countries AC wall sockets are, I recommend you do some serious reading before touching anything. Doing that wuld kill it and probably you.
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I iwll second this, just to make sure that he get's the point....you do NOT want to mess with something like that....
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I know what you guys are saying about opus, its nice to have but its just not for me because I'm planning to use a more powerful computer later and it won't be sufficient. When I go camping I also want to plug electrical applicances like shavers in there too and it can't do that. Its costs almost as much as my screen so thats a third nono. The inverter I bought already powers off if the car's low on battery so it won't drain after I'm there. Besides I'd rather spend the money on a deep cycle which in the long run is more benificial to the car rather than the computer only.
The only feature I would want from the opus is the survial of the crank, which according to stevieg, can be achieved with some kinda diode setup??
Is that what you mean? Please disregard my kiddish Paint drawing
thats right but the diode points the other way
oops my bad, k so will it keep recharging the "little battery" as time passes?
and wats the point of the diode? why shouldnt current travel from little battery to car battery?
pfft...that's not camping!
that's staying at the hilton!
Jan Bennett
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