How many amps does my inverter provide
If I have a Zamp ZP-300PS or a P-600PS pure sign wave inverter, how many amps does it put out at 120 volts? Am I calculating correctly at 300w \ 120 v = 2.5 amps AC? If I use a 600W inverter th...
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You guys are great. Landyacht, Gdetrailer, RoyB, DrewE, wa8yxm, Ca Traveler, Wopachop, ndrorder, I love all the suggestions and pictures to go along with them. I actually have a few of the exact USB adapters that Gdetrailer posted. You'll see it in one of the pictures below.
Here is where I have to admit to my mind being in a different place when I created this original post. Because of this I incorrectly stated the reasoning behind adding the inverter. So I'll try to clear it up here and show what I was doing.
Aside from being a tow vehicle, my Suburban is the family road trip vehicle. With 4 boys of my own, plus 8 nephews and 1 niece (all teenagers) there can be any different number of kids and their electronics in the vehicle at any one time.
In the rear cargo area of the Suburban I have an Intel NUC mini computer running both PLEX and PlayOn movie servers with over 400 movies stored. This is hard wired to an ASUS wireless router that the kids can link to in order to watch movies. This combination of computers plus 8-10 different USB plugs is what the inverter and a power strip is really for.
This week I finally removed the original factory stereo and installed a touchscreen unit with a backup camera. This made the rear audio controls in the center console obsolete. And since I have a 3d printer I decided to remove the audio controls and make a panel for some outlets.
The inverter in the center console and powered off of an ignition on fuse. The console is all plastic so there is no metal to short to.
Here's the original and now obsolete audio panel (truthfully we never used it)
The 3d printed patch panel.
And finally everything put together and powered.
I decided to run the 300w inverter powered off a 15 amp fuse. If the kids blow the fuse it they will have to decide how to better ration the available power.
Here is where I have to admit to my mind being in a different place when I created this original post. Because of this I incorrectly stated the reasoning behind adding the inverter. So I'll try to clear it up here and show what I was doing.
Aside from being a tow vehicle, my Suburban is the family road trip vehicle. With 4 boys of my own, plus 8 nephews and 1 niece (all teenagers) there can be any different number of kids and their electronics in the vehicle at any one time.
In the rear cargo area of the Suburban I have an Intel NUC mini computer running both PLEX and PlayOn movie servers with over 400 movies stored. This is hard wired to an ASUS wireless router that the kids can link to in order to watch movies. This combination of computers plus 8-10 different USB plugs is what the inverter and a power strip is really for.
This week I finally removed the original factory stereo and installed a touchscreen unit with a backup camera. This made the rear audio controls in the center console obsolete. And since I have a 3d printer I decided to remove the audio controls and make a panel for some outlets.
The inverter in the center console and powered off of an ignition on fuse. The console is all plastic so there is no metal to short to.
Here's the original and now obsolete audio panel (truthfully we never used it)
The 3d printed patch panel.
And finally everything put together and powered.
I decided to run the 300w inverter powered off a 15 amp fuse. If the kids blow the fuse it they will have to decide how to better ration the available power.
