Date:         Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:13:17 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Opinions on this Inverter?
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This is way way overpriced. I'd suggest the 400 watt Harbor Freight
(american made!) inverter for 27.00. You don't need pure sine wave to
run anything you mention. It comes with eyelets and clips. I run all
this and more on mine. I get a very slight screen interruption when I
run my 13 inch home tv during a power outage, but you don't mention
that and you'd have to look closely to see it with the stepped square
wave this thing puts out anyway.

Let me know if you need details.

Jim

On Nov 23, 2004, at 7:36 PM, Chris Paquette wrote:

> http://www.stayonline.com/inverters/3780.asp
>
> Have my eye on this to power the laptop, charge cell phone, watch
> DVD's on laptop, etc. It would be connected to my auxiliary Optima
> Yellow Top deep cycle. I would replace the alligator clips that come
> with the unit with eyelet connectors to connect it permanently to the
> Optima.
>
> It's a 300w pure sine wave inverter, which is exactly what I want. I
> can't tell from the photo, however, whether this unit has an "off"
> switch - I don't want the fan to be running constantly if I'm trying
> to sleep.
>
> Any opinions would be welcome. I'm not connected with either the Web
> site or the manufacturer.
>
> Chris Paquette
> '88 Westy
>