Tripp Lite PV150 PV 150W 12V DC to AC Portable Inverter with DC Auto Power Outlet | List Price: $45.00
Discount Price: $24.98
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Brand: Tripp Lite
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Runs AC appliances from any 12V cigarette lighter socket
- Converts 12V DC battery power to 120V AC power
- 150 watts continuous output - 300 watts peak output power
- 1 outlet
- 3 foot cord with cigarette lighter plug
Very good and dependable [Posted on 2005-12-26]
I have used it with lets' say 1) Think pad Laptop charger, 2) Ipod Charger 3) Cell phone charger and it has worked flawlessly. It's been more than a year and a half now. A very good feature is auto-shut off in case of overload or no-load.
Small, well-built and extremely quiet. [Posted on 2006-08-02]
I puchased this inverter to power my laptop. Little did I know what a power-hog my laptop was. I sold this one and bought it's bigger brother, weighing in at 375watts. I suggest you do some research on what items you want to power so you don't make the mistake I did and get one that's under-powered. It's sufficient for most laptops though, just not mine.
Works well, but leave the car running [Posted on 2007-01-03]
Works just like promised, so it's exactly what I need, but the first time I used it I turned off my car (which can normally power things while off), and proceeded to blow a fuse. Just keep the car running and it works perfectly.
Looks good so far ... [Posted on 2007-03-23]
Seems to work just fine -- have only used it for cell phone and small game units. The advantage of this smaller unit is no fan - quiet. Some devices will require the power of the larger (noisy fan) model. Low cost inverters such as this produce electric power that is an approximate sine wave as opposed the perfect sine wave that come out of a wall outlet -- as far I know this isn't a problem for typical consumer electronic equipment, laptops etc -- but it's probably worth checking the user manual of the device to be powered just to make sure there are no precautions about using it with an inverter. However, the AC motors in things like power tools and appliances may run a bit lest efficiently when connected to an (inexpensive) inverter.
*** Update ***
We've used this with a variety of cell phone/ipod/handheld game chargers and so far haven't experienced any problems.
Not so hot for Ham Radio mobile [Posted on 2007-11-10]
Bought the Tripp Lite to power a laptop for ham radio mobile contesting. Some hams had success with the brand before. The inverter hash was really bad, wiped out weak signals on the radio. Had to add bypass caps and ferrites to make noise acceptable with ignition off. But the noise from the Tripp Lite went ballistic with ignition on. Finally gave it away and used a different laptop that would run on 12 volts.
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