inverter review?
Just saw a few Schumacher inverters at Wal-Mart, also online, those reviews were 4 star or better. Anyone here ever use one? My plan (for now) is to use a 400 watt with a transfer switch to run a sma...
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bigrigfixer wrote:
On the back of my fridge it says
Input power: 75 watts.
It's a 1.6 cu ft Attitude AT16BF
That's what I'm basing the 400 watts on, and I'm sure the tv doesn't take more than 200 watts either but I like the Canadian Tire option. I think I'll go with that.
Thanks for the tip SoundGuy.
A few years ago, I had a dorm-sized fridge that was rated at 85W. I tried running it with a 400W inverter. It would only start it if it was clipped directly to the truck battery, while the truck was running. Even then, the startup of the compressor was slow and labored. It was obvious that it was not starting up normally, and gave the impression that the compressor would not last long starting up each time like that.
Steve
