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MrBillM
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Mood: It's a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Day
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Cheap Inverters
I've used and owned all but the true sinewave
Inverters. I wouldn't know what the life expectancy of any of them would be because I've NEVER had one go bad. I've got a couple of Statpower 150W
that I bought over 15 years ago.
As far as electronics go, MOST Electronics will run fine on ANY Inverter. Some of the filtering in the cheaper inverters will give you some lines in
your display, but that's about it. I have yet to know anyone among my friends who can justify the true sinewave. One neighbor says it makes his
overhead fans run quieter. True, but I can
tolerate the hum.
The thing about Electronics is that they ALL run on DC, mostly 5vdc. Displays use higher voltages for the CRT. When discussing the need for true
sinewave and electronics, you might consider that the inverters in UPS units are NOT true sinewave.
When I bought my first C Band Satellite antenna back in 1985, I was running that off of a TrippLite Square wave inverter.
Very inefficient, but the Receiver worked fine.
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meme
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Generators
We also have a Honda EU 2000 and my daughter has two of them!She also has the connectionto enable two of them to be hooked toghter. We like these just
fine too!!
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meme
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Inverters/generators
Yes, you are right Sharksbaja! We Americans are somewhat spoiled! Tho, I do not have any of the items you listed other than Air Compressor(not very
big one) but we do have other electronics we do run,yes TV but did not watch the Super Bowl either!
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David A.
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El Camote,
The pump is a 1/5 hp motor. It pushes water about 10 inches out of the end of a garden hose.
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thekookbuster
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http://www.powertank.com
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Arthur
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Plastic mounting tabs??
I just checked out a Vector 700W inverter for $80 at Target, and it looked real slick, with an optional handle and a digital readout (+ fan and
alarm), but the mounting tabs appear to be plastic.
Since I was thinking of mounting the thing under the hood on its side inside my fender, near the battery, I don't like the idea of plastic maybe
cracking somewhere down the line.
Harbor Freight seems to have more or less the same one right now for $50, BTW, but it's back-ordered.
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