I burnt out 2 car's wires using my power inverter and a laptop hooked up to it... car shops said the wire's gauge wasnt enough to handle it...

anyone have an experience with theirs on the G? i dont want to risk burning another wire out and paying $150 for them to rewire it again

 

just curious..which wires did you burn? do you know? was it the white/blue wire?

 

well, in my old car, it was the power cable connected directly to the cig lighter.. dont remember what color.. the car shop told me thats what happened... then i kinda forgot, plugged in my inverter to my gf's lighter and 30min later, hers stopped working too.. .oops.. hahah

 

oh, okay...i was thinking something entirely different...I've done it with my ps2...compare the amount of power that takes to a laptop and there's your answer. I think a 300/400 inveter should do the trick.

 

A cigarette lighter socket usually is marked 120W max, so a 300/400W inverter is a little much to be hooking directly to your cigarette lighter. 120W coming from a 12V socket draws 10 amps That's a lot of heat... Your best bet is to run a wire from your battery. Here is a little chart for you. http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm

 

ah, well shoot.. lol..

yea, my old car had a wire straight from the battery that the car shop put in.. so i guess i wont be using my inverter anytime soon lol

thanks