CarPC Planning Part 1

Some months ago Donna and I decided to install a car PC into our car. While we have the unit mostly ready and running outside of the, today marked the first day of investigating actually installing it into our car.

Our first steps were to determine where to store the device in the car, and how to hook the device up to power.

Where to Store the Car PC
We decided to place the PC under the front passenger seat. We realise this is a big no-no on most car PC forums due to heat, but that was the easiest location in our car so we're sticking with it.

Hooking it up to Power
After reading a thread on MP3Car.com's forums we've decided to use the following method: