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Has anyone tried this? My son wants his xbox and tv on board which I don't really agree with but at his age its better to keep him a bit happy so atleast he will come sailing. The tv isn't a power problem but the xbox is actually 12vdc but has 6 wires going from the transformer to it.Question is can I modify the cable or is it better to just run from inverter / shorepower?
Suppose I get a few benefits too by then having bbc iplayer etc.
 
I think you will be quite surprised at the power requirement of an X Box - 173w. Even the latest one uses 88w, that's without the TV.

I would say that you are better off with an iPad or similar tablet stuffed with games. My grandson is kept amused for hours on my Samsung.
 
FullCircle said:
I think you will be quite surprised at the power requirement of an X Box - 173w. Even the latest one uses 88w, that's without the TV.

I would say that you are better off with an iPad or similar tablet stuffed with games. My grandson is kept amused for hours on my Samsung.
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The amount of power isn't really the issue its the chopping the cable so its direct 12v but why are there 6 wires from the transtormer? The inverters are 3000w and 800w so either would be fine. The xbox transformer says 203w.
 
Xbox 360 requires both a 12V and a 5V power supply on the eight pin connection. Diagram shows how to connect the Xbox to a PC power supply.

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nigelmercier said:
Useful post, but I don't think it helps the OP.
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?

Surely it's exactly what he asked for?

Whether he should have been asking for that is a different question - personally I think he should just plug it into the inverter he already has. Otherwise why did he bother fitting an inverter in the first place?

Pete
 
Try get him a PSP instead. This is what I did with my son. OK I bought it initially to keep him occupied during a 27 hours non-stop passage we made but since then PSP stays always at the boat and is there to replace "dad I am bored". So far, so good (last 2 years).
 
prv said:
Surely it's exactly what he asked for?
... I think he should just plug it into the inverter he already has. Otherwise why did he bother fitting an inverter in the first place?
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Elton's post did indeed answer the question of how to wire the connector, but brings the OP no closer to a solution: he would still need 230V.

I also have an inverter on board, but I avoid using it if a more efficient means of power conversion is available; especially at high currents. The device in my post would probably be around 50% more efficient than going via an inverter, then the Xbox PSU.
 
nigelmercier said:
Elton's post did indeed answer the question of how to wire the connector, but brings the OP no closer to a solution: he would still need 230V.
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Eh?

The wires in the diagram are 12v and 5v. The most he would need is a 5v regulator and possibly a 12v one to avoid overcooking it when the engine's running. Where do you get 230 from?

Pete
 
prv said:
... The most he would need is a 5v regulator and possibly a 12v one ...
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I got the 230V from the fact that Elton's useful post showed a PC power supply.

Assuming the 200W of the original PSU is the 12V rail, even then that's a mighty big regulator. It is more likely that most of the current is at 5V, as in a PC.

Much better to buy a purpose-built unit IMO.
 
nigelmercier said:
I got the 230V from the fact that Elton's useful post showed a PC power supply.
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Well, it showed a Molex connector. And that only because of where he happened to have borrowed the picture from. But the picture contains exactly the information the OP wanted, and I don't think that Elton was suggesting the OP use a PC power supply to obtain 12 volts - that would be stupid.

nigelmercier said:
Much better to buy a purpose-built unit IMO.
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Agreed. Or use the inverter, or a different gaming device, or tell the lad he'll get square eyes :). Anything but chopping into the Xbox, especially since it's presumably going to be used on land as well.

Pete
 
Not sure an old git such as I, understand this x-box play station thing.
"Dad I'm bored."
'Here Son, here's a fishing rod/ binoculars/ tiller."
I watched 2 youngsters on a 35 footer at Tobermory pontoons last summer. They played endlessly on a bosun chair attached to a halyard swinging round the forestay. Even despite the rain that boy and girl (aged 7 and 9 I'd guess) were having hours of fun.
I hope not to be offensive, but if anyone takes the huff, then I'm near the mark, when I say that unimaginative children are the product of unimaginative parents. 'Kids' are the offspring of a goat.
 
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