Inverters, again, rolling eyes!!

[BouncyBoatFolk]

Hi, some help from the wise head and experienced gang if you please.
Is this a ball park figure for a reasonable quality Inverter. I have avoided the cheap as chips EBay specials, but am I right to do so?, Are they all much of a muchness? This one has some decent sized power connection cables,
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=193739284475
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Regards.
Mike

 

[Stealaway]

This one looks OK.

I've never found the need for a pure sine wave type in over 20 years of using inverters.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=192291242782

 

[pappajohn]

Too me that sounds cheap for a 1500watt pure sine inverter.
I reckon the difference between cheap and expensive is the quality and quantity of internal components.

 

[Lenny HB]

The cheap ones that claim to be pure sine have a different devinition of pure sine to me.
I have a cheap one I think it was £140 for a 1000 watt and the output is quite noisy.

If I was going to buy one now I would spend a few hundred quid on a decent one a 1600 watt Victron one is just under 600 quid.
That's the sort of money you need to spend if you want a proper pure sine wave inverter.

 

[funflair]

This one looks OK.

I've never found the need for a pure sine wave type in over 20 years of using inverters.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=192291242782

I guess you haven't tried running a Nespresso coffee machine

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[Lenny HB]

I guess you haven't tried running a Nespresso coffee machine

Some of us like proper coffee.
Never had a decent cup out of a pod machine even my daughter has given up and bought a proper espresso machine.

 

[tonka]

I have one of these after seeing a very helpful installation video on YouTube. Comes with all cables Inc fuse and also a wired remote switch. We run a 1000w air fryer from it plus the wife's hair dryer (on medium setting). Good kit for the price. Bigger units are available but they were to big for the space I had.

Amazon product ASIN B07GRGKXDF

 

[Raul]

Few years ago I was naive enough to try something similar 1500w inverter from photonic universe. It could not start a normal size household fridge. Returned it for full refund. The guy was helpful and polite no problem. A Victron 800va, 650w small inverter started same fridge without hiccups. Unfortunately this is one of those “ you get what you pay for”. Over time I learned how inverters are made, what components and engineering it takes for a good reliable product. As a reference a 1500w inverter would need 250-300 quid in parts alone and a weight 8-10kg.
There is no free lunch, and if those inverters would be real as advertised continuous duty cycle loaded at 1500w nobody would pay more for other more expensive products. Let alone the no load consumption, or conversion efficiency.
My advise is by reputable, even used, they retain great re sell value and it will serve you well. And try a 800-1000w , a 1500w will need a serious battery.

 

[DBK]

Hi, some help from the wise head and experienced gang if you please.
Is this a ball park figure for a reasonable quality Inverter. I have avoided the cheap as chips EBay specials, but am I right to do so?, Are they all much of a muchness? This one has some decent sized power connection cables,
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=193739284475
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Regards.
Mike

I fitted something very similar a couple of years ago see link below. It's worked fine since, runs a 1200W coffee machine when needed, a small hairdryer and charges up toothbrushes, camera battery charger, vacuum cleaners, both a Dyson and now a Gtech. I particularly wanted it for the camera battery charger as there was no 12 volt charger available at the time - though there is now.

 

[funflair]

Hi, some help from the wise head and experienced gang if you please.
Is this a ball park figure for a reasonable quality Inverter. I have avoided the cheap as chips EBay specials, but am I right to do so?, Are they all much of a muchness? This one has some decent sized power connection cables,
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=193739284475
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Regards.
Mike

If you do go for that one or even something similar it would be worth putting some chunky cables on it rather than the supplied bootlaces.

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[bilM]

This is where I got my one from 4 years old now.
https://www.sunshinesolar.co.uk/Category/PureSineWave12V

 

[Jaws]

Hi, some help from the wise head and experienced gang if you please.
Is this a ball park figure for a reasonable quality Inverter. I have avoided the cheap as chips EBay specials, but am I right to do so?, Are they all much of a muchness? This one has some decent sized power connection cables,
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=193739284475
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Regards.
Mike

Bit of a give away with that... Its a 1500w jobby and there is either only a small heat sink internally or it aint gonna deliver 1500 watts for very long
I think I would avoid unless I was looking to use a max of say. 750 watts

 

[two]

I imagine that this model has been selected based on price?
If it's the cheapest, expect the quality to match.
Whilst it may do the job, I wouldn't expect it to do so well.
You tend to get what you pay for, although not in proportion. Cheap models are likely to be over-optimistic in what they can achieve in terms of the period that full power could be achieved or the pureness of the wave.
If you cannot afford the best models, I'd try to reach the better ones at least.