Dick Smith Electronics invertas

In 2003 I bought a DSE inverter, cannot remember whether it was a 150w or 300w.

Took it out into the field, it did not work out of the box. My mistake I should have checked it before I left.

DSE gave me a full refund, not without some reticence, upon my return to Perth.

Bought the 300 watt pure sine wave unit 12 months ago. Dragged it all around Oz. Worked well. Used it on a big dell laptop and to charge sat phone, portable uhf etc. Goes well. Best thing for the computer is the Kerio adapter from DSE also. Saves the step up and step down of the electricity. Didn't use it for a tele tho. Cheers. Mick.

Is it actually a DSE branded Invertor or one bought from DSE , eh Digitor ?

Anyway , I have had a Digitor Invertor for about 4 years now with no real dramas with it. I would buy again.

"Powertech" pure sine wave(Jaycar electronics sell 'em) are better- Have compared the two and powertech has lower idle current and in my opinion better specs.
I bought one of each and after a comparison, took the DSE one back.

I have had one of the digitor (from DSE) 150w invertors for a couple of years now, and have had no dramas running a laptop in the car, charging camera, phones etc. Has lived under the seat, getting nocked around etc. When I ve pulled it out and plugged it in, it has worked everytime. I also like the low voltage cut out that it has.

For the price, good value, although next time I think I would get the 300w

Hi Greg,
I have had a 300 W pure sine wave inverter badged with DSE for a year or so. It operates fine. Do not mount it upside down though as it tends to pull the screws out of the chassis.

Steve

Be aware that you really should have an inverter that has the 12 volt wiring insulated from the 240 volt wiring. To save a few dollars most inverters have the 12 volt coil as one end of the 240 volt coil, ie they are attached to each other. Under some circumstances you can end up with 240 volts on one of the battery terminals...NOT GOOD and potentially deadly. To my knowledge the DSE ones ARE of this type..look carefully at the specs to make sure. If it does not say that its insulated it almost certainly is not. To my knowledge the JAYCAR ones are all insulated, at least the ones that they sell now.

In my view the only good use for a non insulated one is to weigh down the rubbish bin. They are not a problem until you get a fault in them, but I am not going to risk it!! Understand they are banned by OH&S as well.

Regards avro

Have recently bought a DSE 150W inverter. Seems to work OK. Check the fine print though .. box says 150W, actual inverter is 150W for 10mins, 120 (I think) continuous. Enough for my meagre needs though.

Cheers
David

I have had a Dick Smith pure sine wave inverter for three years under the seat of the Patrol, bounced around and still works perfectly, from memory it was $299 about 3 years ago.

I bought a DSE Inverter about 7 years ago. Have used it regularly all round OZ and Europe as well. Have run a number of laptops, various chargers (mobile phone, batteries, video camera etc) and a fluoro light. never had any problems and it is still going strong

Bruce

I had 2 Fail so I took them back under warranty.