Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Pro-800W 800 Watt Power Inverter (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Pro-800W 800 Watt Power Inverter (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Pro-800W 800 Watt Power Inverter (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Pro-800W 800 Watt Power Inverter (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Power Inverter Whistler Pro-800W 800 Watt Power Inverter (Discontinued by Manufacturer)
I use this power inverter to power a laptop, webcam, and video camera while storm chasing. The only problem I have is the USB slot. It will not keep up with a smart phone, at least with everything powered up and charging. I fixed that issue by adding a small extension cord.

Really this inverter works pretty good. Keep in mind you're getting what you pay for. If it's cheap, don't have overly high expectations for a product to last 20 years. Mine is used and abused as it sits in the floor of my car. Passengers kick and step on it all the time and it continues to function.

All in all I thinks it's worth the purchase.....

  • 800 Watts Continuous power - 1600 Watts Surge Capacity (Peak Power)
  • Mountable. Features 2 AC Outlets and 1 USB Port.
  • Cooling Fan.
  • High Surge / Ground Fault Sensing
  • For safety, features five separate points of Electronic Circuit Protection.
Pro-800W 800 Watt Power Inverter (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

GP-175 175-Watt Modified Sine Wave Inverter

GP-175 175-Watt Modified Sine Wave Inverter

Go Power! GP-175 175-Watt Modified Sine Wave Inverter


GP-175 175-Watt Modified Sine Wave Inverter

  • 175 watts of continuous power
  • Plugs into the cigarette lighter / car utility adapter
  • 1 AC outlet to plug into
  • Over voltage, under voltage and overload protections
  • 1 year warranty
  • Go Power! 175-Watt Modified Sine Wave Inverter takes in 12 volt DC power and converts it to AC household power to run loads up to 175 watts of continuous AC power. The GP-175 can connect to the car utility adaptor / cigarette lighter adaptor for DC power and plug in AC device to the one AC outlet on the GP-175. The GP-175 can surge to 210 watts and all instructions is provided. 
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GP-175 175-Watt Modified Sine Wave Inverter

Monday, December 1, 2014

2500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power Inverter

2500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power Inverter

2500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power Inverter

2500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power Inverter

Power Inverter Cobra CPI 2575 2500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power Inverter

  • 2500 Watts continuous power - 5000 Watts peak power
  • 3 Grounded AC outlets - Powers up to three or more household appliances
  • USB port - Charge iPod, Blackberry, mobile phones, and many other USB devices
  • Volt/Watt meter - Keep track of power usage
  • Pentagon Protection(TM) - 5 levels of protection against failures: thermal shutdown, reverse polarity protection, over-voltage shutdown, low voltage shutdown and low voltage alarm
  • 3 Grounded AC outlets - Powers up to three or more household appliances
  • USB port - Charge iPod, Blackberry, mobile phones, and many other USB devices
  • Volt/Watt meter - Keep track of power usage
2500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power Inverter

Heavy-Duty AC Power Inverter Cable Kit

Heavy-Duty AC Power Inverter Cable Kit

Heavy-Duty AC Power Inverter Cable Kit


Heavy-Duty AC Power Inverter Cable Kit

 Power Inverter Cobra CPI-A4000BC 4-AWG Heavy-Duty AC Power Inverter Cable Kit

If Monster cable could only see the copper inside this jacket. Normally when you cut a piece of heavy cable in the center and strip back the insulation you see nice shiny copper. Granted the ends may be oxidized a bit but they are open to the air - I cut this at the halfway point to make 2 shorter cable sets or 4 equal cable pieces. This cable, while being nice and flexible, looked like an old penny inside - heavily oxidized and ugly as sin. I suspect its reclaimed copper 2 times over without proper slag removal. That's the only reason I took away one star.

Also the crimp lugs supplied leave a tad to be desired, but they include some properly sized red and black heatshrink. You are supposed to put the stripped cable into the lugs then fold each half over the other with "electricians pliers" - My professional crimper was able to fold them but not close them tight on the wire, so out came the persuader - a 16 oz claw hammer and some cement. Yep - that closed the crimp nice and snug on the wire. Now it has a good snug grip. I did buy some professional #4 lugs at the hardware store made of copper like a shiny penny and my professional crimper did those justice, so their lugs are a tad sub par but you can put them on with just about anything. Alternately I could have hit it with a propane torch and fed some solder to it, which I may still do if there is excessive loss in the cable. I prefer soldered connections wherever possible.

I also bought some nice bolt on attachments at the hardware store for $2/pr that have a bar which snugs down with 2 ea 7/16 bolts and nuts on the back side.
 

Heavy-Duty AC Power Inverter Cable Kit