how many watts does an xbox use?

[fitz4521]

i need to know because i am planning on using it in my car with a power invertor...

 

[PCMarine]

Those inverters are what? 180watts max? The inverter can probably handle an xbox alone just fine (Or how about going out to your car and trying it out?)

 

[fitz4521]

Originally posted by: PCMarine
Those inverters are what? 180watts max? The inverter can probably handle an xbox alone just fine (Or how about going out to your car and trying it out?)

meh...it would be nice to know...so i could figure in the screen and all and not kill the invertor...not that i know too much about invertors

 

[Yzzim]

I put my Xbox in my car and decided to get a 300 watt power invertor. The Xbox ran off of it just fine and to see how much power I had left I brought out my 20" color TV and plugged it into the invertor...the xbox and the tv ran excellent Looked pretty weird seeing a 20" TV sitting right next to my car while I was playing Xbox on it, lol.

Anyway, I bet the Xbox only takes <150 watts.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: PCMarine
Those inverters are what? 180watts max? The inverter can probably handle an xbox alone just fine (Or how about going out to your car and trying it out?)

It depends on the inverter.

There are 50W inverters and 5000W inverters.

Of course, the 5000W inverters run about 3000$.

 

[jonmullen]

I have a 300W peak and 125 continious inverter and it powered my xbox fine all the way to Denver, so I am going to say the xbox uses less than 125W

 

[fitz4521]

Originally posted by: jonmullen
I have a 300W peak and 125 continious inverter and it powered my xbox fine all the way to Denver, so I am going to say the xbox uses less than 125W

was the display powered by the inverter too?