X-Box Wattage Rating

**scaira** · 5th April 2004

Hello all!

Does anyone know what wattage the Xbox is rated at?

Im looking to get a DC-DC PC ATX PSU to replace the (pain-in-the-ass) invertor that is currently fitted in my car. I can get a 90W or a 150W.

Many thanks!

**wizard1974uk** · 5th April 2004

Can't you just look at the underside of the xbox?

**scaira** · 5th April 2004

lol......I did try that first!! Im not that lazy

The box we have at work here is real old grubby one, a version 1.0 I think and it hasn't got a rating on it.

I will have a look at my box at home and see if its any different.............

Does yours give a rating then?

**wizard1974uk** · 5th April 2004

I don't actually have an xbox, I was just guessing that the wattage would be on a sticker on the base.

**Pegasus** · 5th April 2004

The X-Box doesn't have a wattage rating on the sticker next to the mains socket, but it does have a current rating which is 1.2 Amps

Using Ohms law (Volts x Amps = Watts), we can now work out that the X-Box has a power consumption of 288 Watts.

**scaira** · 5th April 2004

wicked! ta mate....should have known that really! :whistle

So am I right in thinking that this:

Click here!

or this...

Click here!

would not be suitable for powering an xbox in a car? (even if tho it can power a PC)