Muckaluck

Well I'm almost ready to put the xbox in the car. I'd just like to throw out one question. I've been screwing around with the inverter I have. It has overload and low battery protection. When the inverter is plugged into the cigarette lighter socket and I turn the car on, it goes into protection mode. I then have to turn it off and back on again for it to work. Now once the inverter is on it runs fine (even with the xbox plugged into it), the problem is, I don't want to be digging through the trunk to turn the inverter off and on every time I start the car.

In my install the inverter will be powered through the ignition and not a cigarette lighter. Will this make a difference? Furthermore, is there any way to get around the problem of my inverter going into protection mode when the car is started?

Thanks.

Bigmike216

maybe a time delayed relay woudl solve the problem as the inverter wouldnt be on until the car is running?

Muckaluck

Perfect! I'm not familiar with a time delayed relay... is that something you buy?

Bigmike216

yeah, you'd wire it up like any old relay, but the difference is it waits a bit before turning on.. i've forgotten the corerct name for it though [img]smile.gif[/img]

152.5

iTrader: (1)

Hey not to sure about this yet, but there has been a hiss on every system on that i have heard using an inverter. At least when it is plugged into the lighter socket. A local shop said something about a grounding plane [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]
When It is hooked up to the battery on a fused wire with a switch, (like 5 bucks at crappy tire) it seems to cure the problem at least in the cars i have seen. [img]graemlins/freak.gif[/img]
I say try it out if you have the chance worked for me and my buddies [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

[ March 04, 2004, 05:49 PM: Message edited by: 152.5 with one sub aint bad ]

Muckaluck

Ok, so basically look into getting a relay and make sure the inverter has some sort of grounding?

152.5

iTrader: (1)

That's what I'm guessing a switch in the main wire would suffice wouldn't it, you could just turn it on when the car was started. Yes id reconmended grounding the inverter so there is less cahnce of the noise.