ALDI 300 watt inverter specs
Submitted: Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 12:49
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Member - Crazie (VIC)
Hi All
Specs on that $59 inverter
Max. cont power - 300 watts
surge capability (peak power) - 600 watts
optimum efficiency - 90%
No load current draw - 0.4%
Waveform - Modified sine wave
input voltage range - 10-15 volts DC
lower battery alarm - 10.5+/, 2.5vdc
low battery shutdown - 10.0 +/-0.5vdc
alarm and thermal shutdown - 55+/-5 degrees C
Overload protection - reset by switch
Short Circuit protection - inline 35 amp fuse or 15 amp cigarette lighter fuse plug
Weight 2lbs 1 oz
Hope that answers questions
Reply By: Leroy - Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 19:27
Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 19:27
So has anyone bought one of these? Does it perform?
Leroy
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Follow Up By: rolande- Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 20:08
Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 20:08
Bought two this morning, had to throw little children out the way getting to it, walking out the door at a rate of knots. Haven't had a chance to plug it in yet.
Rolande
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Follow Up By: Member - Crazie (VIC) - Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 21:13
Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 21:13
Got one, haven't had a chance to try it yet.
Will let you know.
cheers
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Follow Up By: rolande- Friday, Sep 24, 2004 at 07:22
Friday, Sep 24, 2004 at 07:22
Couldn't wait so plugged it in this morning when I got home. Even read the instructions first. SWMBO is a bad influence!
Anyhow, with the ciggi lighter they recommend you don't draw more than 100 watts, good advice. Used the heavier cable and aligator clips on the second battery, turned it on, all good.
Looked around shed, what can I plug in. 750W drill, pulled trigger, started O.K. Ran at slow speed for about a minute. Went to draw more to see how fast it would go and overload protection cut in and shut the unit down. It has a 600W maximum draw and I had a 750W drill so no problems there.
Plugged in angle grinder, 650W. Started, ran for couple of seconds and shut down again, still no problem.
Finally plugged in 300W halogen flood light, started O.K. looked a bit yellow but brightened up quickly and stayed on for 10 mins with no probs. plugged light into 240V just to compare, couldn't tell the difference .
Overall happy as it has performed as expected so far. Happy I spent the $59
Rolande
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Reply By: drivesafe - Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 21:35
Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 at 21:35
No Aldi stores near me so I got a mate in
Sydney get 2 for me. He put me onto them in the first place and said that Aldi test there products before selling them so they sould be good.
Regards
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Reply By: Brad and His Disco - Friday, Sep 24, 2004 at 23:30
Friday, Sep 24, 2004 at 23:30
Could anyone tell me if I could charge a laptop from one of these. Also what hard wiring would you need to do.
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Follow Up By: Member - Crazie (VIC) - Sunday, Sep 26, 2004 at 20:20
Sunday, Sep 26, 2004 at 20:20
Hello Brad
I think you laptop (examples used is a Toshiba) draws 80watts, so it should charge it ok.It comes with a cigi plug adapter and an adapter with aligator clips. I am sure you could hard wire it in if you wanted to.
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