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300w Inverters for $59
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:30 pm
by drivesafe
Hi folks, from Thursday, Aldi have 300w Inverters for $59
Cheers.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:51 pm
by drivesafe
Sorry folks, I should have posted the link to Aldi’s web site, in the first place but anyway here it is.
www.aldi.com.au.
Cheers
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:30 pm
by scorched
what sort of thigs can u run off 300w?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:38 pm
by eliteforce32
a hand powered tooth brush
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:40 pm
by mickyd555
terrytuffnut wrote:what sort of thigs can u run off 300w?
lights........
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:51 pm
by evil_hitman
my laptop runs off it no probs, as do the chargers for my video and still cameras.
I have a dick smith 300w inverter.
Hope this helps.
Matt
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:46 pm
by V6XtraHilux
what can you run with 300W??
at 240 volts operation, you can run anything that draws no more than 1.25 amps (thats 1.25 amps at 240 volts not 12 volts)
an average hairdryer for instance is 1200W-1800W, so this 300W converter wont run that.....have to leave the handbrake at home!!
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:12 pm
by mickyd555
V6XtraHilux wrote:what can you run with 300W??
at 240 volts operation, you can run anything that draws no more than 1.25 amps (thats 1.25 amps at 240 volts not 12 volts)
an average hairdryer for instance is 1200W-1800W, so this 300W converter wont run that.....have to leave the handbrake at home!!
these things are for camping, you dont need a hair dryer.........
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:45 am
by turps
mickyd555 wrote:V6XtraHilux wrote:what can you run with 300W??
at 240 volts operation, you can run anything that draws no more than 1.25 amps (thats 1.25 amps at 240 volts not 12 volts)
an average hairdryer for instance is 1200W-1800W, so this 300W converter wont run that.....have to leave the handbrake at home!!
these things are for camping, you dont need a hair dryer.........
You havnt been camping with my mum. She washes and blow drys the hair each morning. Supposedly this was also done inthe middle of teh Simpson Desert.
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:55 am
by De-lux
turps wrote:mickyd555 wrote:V6XtraHilux wrote:what can you run with 300W??
at 240 volts operation, you can run anything that draws no more than 1.25 amps (thats 1.25 amps at 240 volts not 12 volts)
an average hairdryer for instance is 1200W-1800W, so this 300W converter wont run that.....have to leave the handbrake at home!!
these things are for camping, you dont need a hair dryer.........
You havnt been camping with my mum. She washes and blow drys the hair each morning. Supposedly this was also done inthe middle of teh Simpson Desert.
i haven't, but i would like to bet BJ has
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:42 am
by kingchevy
Depends if the inverter is a modified sine wave or a double modified sine wave or a pure sine wave. most items like computers and sensetive equipment need pure sine but depends what your run of it. even thoughs its 300w doesnt necesarly mean you can run a 300w unit of it because you need to look a the surge capacity of the inverter because most applaince's need a very high surge to start them then they settle down to there rated power they need.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:54 am
by PK
Just bought one - surge 600W, constant 300W.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:45 pm
by bluemq
Just bought 3,
They run a 500 watt power drill without dying at all (on my stock MQ alternator) so I am happy.
Might open one up and see if there isn't anything I can't do to make them a bit more reliable incase they are dodgy.
They are cheap chinese shit, so I wouldn't expect it to last forever but for the price and the amount of times I will actually put a full load on it I am happy.
Probably just have to keep them cool and they will be right (ie, don't mount them cooped up behind a door panel, or if you do make sure they are ventilated.
Re: 300w Inverters for $59
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:47 pm
by bluemq
drivesafe wrote:Hi folks, from Thursday, Aldi have 300w Inverters for $59
Cheers.
Thanks for the heads up - cheers !