Power Brick and 12v

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Hi

I am building a van with a gaming pc in the back. I have already have a 12v psu for the pc. What i am looking for are two monitors with power bricks. The idea is to use them without the bricks. The van is small at the mo but it is only version 1. V2 will be bigger but for now i am thinking about 24" wide screens. If there are bigger with bricks, one of the screens can go vertical. I have sourced a few voltage regulators that will flatten out the voltage spikes from charging or different voltages.

I am looking at

Viewsonic VX2363Smhl-W
http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/products/lcd/VX2363Smhl-W.php

Philips 244E5QHAD
http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/244E5QHAD_00/lcd-monitor-with-smartimage-lite

Any help would be good

Thanks in advance
 
Have you taken into account the power draw (wattage) of running these panels? most panels average around 40 watt (though many have eco modes that can halve that) but also can go to like twice that as well.

Depending on your requirements you can also get USB powered monitors - though they generally tend to be limited to displaying information i.e. for map reading and not that great for gaming or higher framerate video.

What is your source of power? if you are running a gaming capable PC and a couple of monitors off a regular car battery you'd be lucky to get 4 hours out of it while a big leisure battery (or a few of them) or similar you could probably stick an inverter in and power monitors with a mains plug directly though may not be the most power efficient.

EDIT: Another thing to bare in mind is that monitors (and probably PCs though most PSUs have some current limiting) can have an inrush current on first turn on that are potentially capable of tripping breakers, etc. if direct connected rather than through their intended PSU - though regulators will help there if they have current limiting like the LM317, etc.
 
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I think I will loose to much with an inverter compared to using a step up regulator off the 12v.

The amount of batteries is still a bit up in the air. At the moment i have planned for three 125 amp hours leisure batteries. Plus there is a 30A mains battery charger.

A bit more on the rest of the pc
500w psu
i5 4570 cpu
GTX 750Ti gpu
Asus Z97I-PLUS mb
8gb gskil
 
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