Ok. So you connected the inverter to the Westy's 12v system, (house or starter battery) then plugged refer AC into inverter? Because your refer ran better on AC? Just curious. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
On 6/19/07, David Etter <detter@mail.auracom.com> wrote: > Just a note about Canadian Tire (a.k.a. China Tire) Inverters. Their > 450 Watt model is suspect. I have gone through 3 of them, all > replaced under warranty as the first 2 each quit in less than 30 > days. I now also carry a spare by Cobra and I've got my fingers > crossed. > My very first Inverter (I forget the brand) was a 300 Watt > and it ran the Dometic for two years without a problem until I cooked > it by plugging into a AC outlet before unplugging the inverter. > Bummer... > > David(dsl82westy) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >Many of those fridges, even though they only draw 70 watts, they need a > >momentary "slam" of 600 or so watts to start the compressor. for the record, > >the "digital" inverters from Canadian Tire can handle this, in particular > >the 800 watt model. Last summer, I ran a cheap household/bar Danby 4.5 cu > >ft fridge off of an Optima Yellow-Top with this particular inverter (in an > >RV). > > > >YMMV > >Tom > |
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