How to quiet down a noisy inverter fan?
Hello, I have a cheap ebay PSW 300 watt inverter. But it works great for my needs. It has a cooling fan that only comes on when demand warrants it. But the fan has become really noisy, sounds like...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Shipping an inverter is going to be "free"?
I can find a dozen odds & ends to fill up the 7 bucks in shipping. Things like fuses, mini chargers, 12-volt mini batteries for remotes. allelectronics.com has an excellent gooseneck mini desk lamp for eleven bucks. Coin cell batteries - on and on...
Plus it's fun to recover stuff, especially if it's for backup use.
I'm sort of curious how a PURE sine wave inverter can compete with eleven dollars. Has the PSW price dropped?
You and myself can easily "find" little electronic "trinkets" to add to an order that make the shipping somewhat "disappear".. There are many others that may not wish or need to do so..
All Electronics has a fixed $7.00 shipping cost, that is a bargain but only if you have enough items or the cost of the part is really worth adding to the cost of the item that is being repaired..
The OP bought a cheapo E-bay inverter and I quote "I have a cheap ebay PSW 300 watt inverter." which in it's self SHOULD be raising a BUNCH of red flags..
So the maker of that inverter cheaped out on the fan.. wonder what ELSE has been cheaped out on? Perhaps it is also cheaply made in the waveform? Could be cheaply made in the drivers? Could be cheaply made in the output stage?
OP didn't mention the cost of said inverter but at the moment the fan started to make noise the OP should have RETURNED the inverter.. Since it was bought via EBay the OP has no real recourse since most EBay sellers are NOT willing to take returns..
Hence the reason that EBay used to put the words "Buyer Be Aware" on their web pages..
I fail to understand why folks default to ebay with all the crooked sellers selling cheap garbage then come here and wonder why they are annoyed by a noisy fan..
The last buy I made through ebay was 9 yrs ago and that was to buy a hard to find item that hasn't been manufactured for 50+ years.. I STILL had to make several parts by hand to make that item work again..
Place the inverter deep in a cabinet where you won't hear the fan and enjoy your "bargain" until the inverter quits..
