Lighter Adapter ... ?

[Stephan 0]

I can get a 2500 watt inverter for $100, but really don't think I need that beast in my truck just to power a few hard drives and computers. I can get a 500watt inverter for $35 but it might have a lighter adapter instead of terminals. Can I cut the wire to a lighter adapter and directly connect it to a battery terminal?

[buickid 0]

I don't see any problem with that. But (desktop) computers draw quite a bit of juice, you'd better make sure that 500 watts is enough. If its a laptop you're talking about, then 500w should be enough.

[Stephan 0]

Desktop computers can run off 150w easily!

Thank you though

[helotaxi 46]

Guess it depends on the desktop. I've never built one with less than a 250w powersupply. That would indicate to me that you would need over 300w on the invertor to make sure that you can adequately power any peripherals.

[buickid 0]

Haha, I guess my computers aren't the norm. My computer now has four power hungry hard drives. Yummy! 580 watt power supply supplies the energetic electrons!