rivas_203

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hey everybody. i want to put my slimline ps2 in my glovebox. my question is, is there a car power cable for it? im mean it already runs off dc power so i dont want to put a ac/dc power transformer.

L8u8k8e8

If you already have the dc adapter then you could just splice it in to the wires that run to the cigarette lighter. It would give you enough power.

ADRdesignCo

you can get a cigarette lighter Y split, then just plug it into the lighter in your armrest and run the power all the way to the glove box. thats what i did.

Neothin

slimline running off of DC? nah..

you need an inverter, and then you can just plug it in. you can mount the inverter to the little panel under the glove box. Thats where mine was mounted before I moved it under the passenger seat (where it later blew up for some reason and i threw it off the top floor of a garage at school)

ADRdesignCo

i think he is using something like this



the reason i say just use a y-split instead of splicing, is because at least if you have the y-split you can keep the fuse in the adapter.

rivas_203

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-neo the slimline pulls 5.3A on 8.5V of dc current.

-ADR, yes! that is what i want. where can i get it? worst buy seemed to not have it.

ADRdesignCo

my bro got it from gamestop. its not on its website though. maybe frys since your in cali.

rivas_203

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sweet. ill try and hit them up monday then.

elninyo

sorry for laughing at your misery but did it overheat?

ESEMRFOZZ13

just buy a converter it hooks to your lighter or direct to your battery so its hidden. no wire cutting anything. i use to have one hooked in my caddy, i also hooked it to my alpine head unit to get my sound thru the car spakers

Neothin

i dunno what happened. I think it was overheating though.

the damn thing had 2 fans on it that werent obstructed in any way though.....

ADRdesignCo

inverters do get hella hot. i melted one of mine before powering a laptop. lol. then again i dint know anything about electrics then. lol

Ishan

how much does one of these inverters cost? I'm considering putting one of the slim ps2's in my car as well. (I would rather an xbox, but a slim ps2 would just fit so much easier then anything else)

bbengies

rivas i wanna do the same thing.
what do you plan to connect it to?

bbengies

rivas i wanna do the same thing.
what do you plan to connect it to?

jetlounge

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or you could just power it directly off of 12 volt, inverterless.

Oznium shows you how:
http://www.oznium.com/articles/12

Ishan

good article jetlounge, thanks. Anyone know how much voltage a ps1 needs?

Edit, Nm, just looked at my ps1, it needs 7.5

so, the mouser voltage regulator says it's adjustable, so.. does that mean you can adjust it to let out 7.5 v if you want? or 8.5 for ps2.. or whatever xbox needs?

ADRdesignCo

xbox from what i have heard is a power hungry beast compared to the sony consoles.

and about the price, im not too shure it was quite some time ago.. sorry!

rivas_203

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hey jetlounge, that seems to be what i want, but how would it wire up to the ps2? it only showed pics on how to make it. i really want to run it inverterless.

jetlounge

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i've never seen a ps2. i am assuming you have a power brick that converts the power for the unit? (i'm an xbox fan)

anyway, i would assume you could cut the cable plug end off of that power brick and solder it to your + & - leads from that conversion kit. Place your whole kit inside a little radio shack project box, or just open up you power brick, remove the PSU board and replace with yours.

oznium has a forum with some knowledgable posters, you can probably get some concrete answers there.