Ok guys,

Who has em? What type, and how much dinero? What is the load rating on em?

I am wanting a general purpose inverter... enough to run a dremel, and other misc small tools.

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Soon to be SAS

H233B swap w/ 4.9 gears

Home Depot- 750 watt continuous for 70 bucks( 1500 watt surge) ...Works good to run a coffeeemaker( 660 watt). Has low input voltage shutdown warning( this saves yor battery from "total recall" - I mean- total discharge.

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'98 FAD FrontyKC
151,000 miles
Packin ARB'd 9"(5.00)& Tornado w/ Dual Remotes;-)

i got a 400 watt/800 watt peak one at target for 20$ on clearance. 400watt will handle alot of stuff. so far i have used it to power a 150 watt halogen worklight, one of the big power suckin ones and it worked fine. also a soldering iron but thats no big deal.

Last I saw Costco was still selling the 1000 Watt AC inverters for $69 they looked pretty nice.

93 Toyota SR5 5 Speed V6 4 Runner
33x12.5 Mud King XT's, Aisin Manual Locking Hubs low profile bumpstops, FJ80 coils
Herculined sides

Wow, if it's 1000 Watts continous power then Costco's is a killer deal. I use a Statpower 2000 with 4000 Watt surge and it ran 199.00 at a local Love's Truckstop after rebate. That thing pumps out some power. I use a 120 volt 2Hp compressor which pulls quite a bit of power, but airs up tires in no time. I needed an inverter large enough to start the compressor and that's why I ended up with the 2000 Watt unit. Lots of juice to run the grinder and other handy dandy on-trail equipment.

That's a great deal for that amount of juice, Rob. I've priced alot of inverters over the web and that is the best price I've seen, ever. I found some here that are decently priced for comparison. Where's that truck stop?
http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresults.asp?cscat=2&search_store=8&querytype=electronics&qu=*&cvsnid=70317&loc=111&sbxs=0&dcii=1

One thing that i've heard about the more economical inverters, is that they're not very friendly to variable speed power tools. I think that would include the Dremel, Greg. One way around this problem( i've heard) is to put another load on the line at the same time( plug in a "trouble light" w/ a 40 watt lightbulb). SOmehow, that's supposed to make the variable speed stuff work better.

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'98 FAD FrontyKC
151,000 miles
Packin ARB'd 9"(5.00)& Tornado w/ Dual Remotes;-)

a buddy of mine forward me a link to a site that describes a how to for a custom inverter. it's a yota but you'll get the idea.


http://www.dreamwater.com/zuk/1000wattvectorinverter.html

Mr. Will

Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

Awwww man.. thats the holy grail. An outlet on your bumper!

I'm afraid I may have to do that now.

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If you do a search at www.costco.com they sell a 1750 Watt power inverter it is $199 not too shabby concidering it is a fixed mounted unit.

A little more tech info on it.



Portable power for AC products up to 1750 watts
Triple AC receptacles for connecting multiple loads
High surge capacity for products that require more power to start
Easy to read digital display indicates DC battery voltage
LED bar graph displays output power
High efficiency converts virtually all available battery power to AC
Mounting brackets for convenient installation
Heavy duty stud connectors
Specifications:

Maximum continuous power: 1500 watts
5 minutes continuous power: 1750 watts
Peak surge capacity: 3000 watts
Recommended for use with a stand alone deep-cycle RV, marine or golf-cart battery
Dimensions: 9.4" W x 17.3" L x 3.2" H
Weight: 9.4 lbs.
Warranty: one-year


Here's the link to the item:
http://www.costco.com/frameset.asp?trg=product%2Easp&catid=114&subid=858&hierid=1638&prdid=10037432&log=

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