Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need
it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I
also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

I picked on up for under $20 at a Black and Decker outlet. Worked
fine, but being a ham radio operator (W3FIS), it produced too much
"hash" and RFI/EMI. Would nicely handle my laptop, etc. Any good
marine or auto parts store should carry something, maybe even Walmart?

On Sep 2, 8:13*am, Mikepier wrote:
Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need
it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I
also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

You really can not run much off an inverter unless you have a
reasonable battery bank and a way to recharge them. A samll generator
is the right solution for extended periods without power.

Mikepier wrote in news:18b01c47-9ae2-4c6d-aa96-
:

Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need
it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I
also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

May work fine for some things and not others. See my post in "Refrigerator
Backup" thread.

On Sep 2, 8:35*am, deadgoose wrote:
Any good
marine or auto parts store should carry something, maybe even Walmart?

I got all mine at Walmart. Can't beat that return policy.

I haven't looked in ages, they used to keep them back in a corner in
"Automotive" by the tires and car stereos. You wouldn't just trip
over them wandering the aisles.
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- gpsman

On 9/2/2011 8:13 AM, Mikepier wrote:
Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need
it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I
also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

Another option would be to just power the items from 12V and avoid the
loss and crappy power from a cheap converter. The cable that fits all of
our cell phones was $8, The small LCD TV came with a cigarette lighter
cord. I forget how much the 12V cord was for the laptop but it wasn't much.

On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 05:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Mikepier
wrote:

Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need
it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I
also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

I've found the easiest way to pick this stuff is to look at the Amazon
reviews. If there are enough reviews you know what you're getting.
You can do price checks after pinning down what suits you.
You don't want to buy solely on price.

--Vic

On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 05:35:44 -0700 (PDT), deadgoose
wrote:

I picked on up for under $20 at a Black and Decker outlet. Worked
fine, but being a ham radio operator (W3FIS), it produced too much
"hash" and RFI/EMI. Would nicely handle my laptop, etc. Any good
marine or auto parts store should carry something, maybe even Walmart?
Pretty well any of the mass market (walmart-esque0 equipment will be
noizy crap. Xantrex and a few other companies make pretty clean full
sine wave inverters. Most square wave units and "stepped sine wave"
units are extremely noisy/dirty.

On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 06:25:27 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc
wrote:

On Sep 2, 8:13Â*am, Mikepier wrote:
Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need
it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I
also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

You really can not run much off an inverter unless you have a
reasonable battery bank and a way to recharge them. A samll generator
is the right solution for extended periods without power.
What's wrong with buying locally from a specialty shop? You get what
you need - you can see it in operation, and they are there to support
you. Worth paying a bit more, isn't it????

I think the idiot is you.

Car batteries are designed to provide high amperage current
for a very brief moment, to start the engine. They are not
designed to provide deep discharge power, to charge other
batteries.

Go ahead, cut off the noise maker. Just don't complain when
you have a dead auto battery. And when your auto battery
needs to be replaced sooner than the rating.

Please post a link to the Ebay listing.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 05:35:44 -0700 (PDT), deadgoose

I have a B&D 300w inverter from Walmart, and I hate the damn
thing. I
just got it to power and recharge my laptop when I am on the
road.
Wehn I park at a WIFI spot, and the battery in the laptop is
weak, I
can stay online in my car and plug in the inverter. It
works fine,
the problem is that as soon as I turn on the dome light in
the car, or
much anything else, or even if nothing else is turned on in
the car,
after an hour or so the ****er starts a very annoying alarm
sound. I
guess the car battery has to be 100% fully charged or the
damn alarm
starts. It's loud and obnoxious. I'm forced to keep the
car running
to stop the noise.

What really gets me, is that the damn alarm is just wasting
more
power. I tried to open the inverter to snip the wires to
the alarm
buzzer, but it's so well buried that I'd have to unsolder
the cord and
input terminals and rip the whole thing apart to get to the
alarm, or
smash the case. I just put the screws back and plan to sell
the ****er
on ebay as soon as I get another one. Which will NOT be a
B&D brand.

In the meantime putting a thick winter coat or pillow over
it shuts it
up to a tolerable level, but then it gets hot.

Why couldn't they just have put a flashing led on it or
something?
Idiot technology!

在 2011å¹´9月2日星期五UTC+8下å�ˆ8æ—¶13分18ç§’ï ¼ŒMikepier写é�“：
Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need
it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I
also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

Welcome to our website www.solargloble.com for car inverters from 75W-500W.
We have good quality with best price.

Sincerely yours,

Alice

On Thursday, July 18, 2013 6:47:18 AM UTC-5, wrote:
在 2011å¹´9月2日星期五UTC+8下å�ˆ8æ—¶13分18ç§’ï ¼ŒMikepier写é�“：

Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can

someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need

it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I

also possibly want to power an LCD tv.

Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who

has the best deals online.



Welcome to our website www.solargloble.com for car inverters from 75W-500W.

We have good quality with best price.



Sincerely yours,



Alice



Alice...go get bent!

wrote in
:

在
2011å¹´9月2日星期五UTC+8下å�ˆ8æ—¶13分18ç§’ï ¼ŒMikepier写é�“：
Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I
need it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc.
But I also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

Welcome to our website www.solargloble.com for car inverters from
75W-500W. We have good quality with best price.

Sincerely yours,

Alice


All sawtooth outputs with varying frequency. It'll brick all your critical
needs.

On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:47:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

? 2011?9?2????UTC+8??8?13?18??Mikepier???
Now that I have my power back 5 days after Hurricane Irene, can
someone recommend me a good car inverter at a reasonable price? I need
it to power basic stuff like cell phone chargers, laptops, etc. But I
also possibly want to power an LCD tv.
Obviously the higher the wattage, the better. I just don't know who
has the best deals online.

Welcome to our website www.solargloble.com for car inverters from 75W-500W.
We have good quality with best price.

Sincerely yours,

Alice

I've found a good ramp inverts a car very quickly and efficiently.