Power Inverter 12v - ???

[nova1992]

I am planning on running a 150gb Portable hardrive with my head unit. I am going to use a power inverter from the 12v socket but what would it invert to? 230v or 240v?

Thanks.

[nova-taken]

240v i do believe

[Trendall]

i ust to have one of those a few years ago absolutly amazing i thought great for billing ect... im not sure on what output it had but im pretty sure its slightly lower then a normal house plug so 230v i think. but it is enough to power anything i could run my laptop, ps2, hair dryer (miss's) i even once powered a hover with alot of revs aslong as the engine is running it will power anything maybe with a bit of rev's but be warned with the engine off your battery will last oooo about 15 seconds :) i bought the smaller one of the 3 you can buy and it was amazing.

[mowgli]

the inverter self regulates, and all mains powered stuff is designed to run from 220-240v

[General Baxter]

can you just use a PC HD?

there 12v lol

[AlexW]

^that is true.

Battery wont last 5mins, If it was really needed you could run a leisure battery in the boot, Depending on the load that will only last half hour/an hour.

[Plug]

the inverter self regulates, and all mains powered stuff is designed to run from 220-260v

edited.

You would be suprised at how many houses have 250V mains although they will only be paying for 230V

[mowgli]

edited.

You would be suprised at how many houses have 250V mains although they will only be paying for 230V

and you'd be surprised just how many surges there are that blow up expensive stuff

[MattBrown]

^that is true.

Battery wont last 5mins, If it was really needed you could run a leisure battery in the boot, Depending on the load that will only last half hour/an hour.

Yup, hard drives are well known for pulling 200Amps arent they:roll:

Battery will last hours and hours running a hard drive, as they pull milli amps:thumb: