"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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ian field wrote:

"UHF" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:36:57 GMT, "ian field"
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"Dario" wrote in message
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Does it work on battery mode only, or completly dead?

AFAIK it can't be started unless mains was previously supplied and
subsequently failed, if that is so then there is effectively no
"battery
only mode".

As yet I've not put a load on it (I have to make up a O/P lead) as no
LEDs
on the front panel light, its supposed to do a self test when the "ON"
button is held for a few seconds and its supposed to beep to indicate
status, it doesn't do that either.


Hold the power button in for several seconds and see if it turns on in
battery mode.

An instruction label on the case says hold the button for several seconds
to
activate self test - so obviously (and as I've already stated in an
earlier
post) I already tried that!


The newer units will not function without a load. A 150 watt
incandescent light bulb will do.

When I looked on their website for the user manual the current offering of
that unit has a choice of serial or USB, mine only has serial so I'm
guessing it isn't all that new.

Just in case I plugged a domestic fan in as a load, it didn't even twitch,
the outputs are a row of flush IEC plugs - I thought it possible that these
might have embedded switches to disable it if nothings plugged in, but this
turned out not to be the case.

There's no LEDs lit on the front panel, no feed through power, no bleeps and
no sign of life from the inverter, although as I rested my hand on the
chassis I'm sure I could feel it humming.