Too Simple To Figure Out Dept...!?!

What about the Samlex linked previously?

So what was the problem?

GordonThree wrote:
What about the Samlex linked previously?

Only problem I saw was the $1300. price tag. Maybe that's not out of line but I would have to have some serious needs to spend that on anything.

Yeah, like cars and trucks. In “the old days” if your car developed a miss you spent a few dollars and an hour changing the points and plugs. And you could sit on the fender with your feet inside the engine compartment while doing it.
Now you need a computerized diagnostic analyzer to quiz the vehicle computer for idas about what might be the problem and what might be the fix. And when you open the hood you might be able to see part of the actual engine.

BB_TX wrote:
Yeah, like cars and trucks. In “the old days” if your car developed a miss you spent a few dollars and an hour changing the points and plugs. And you could sit on the fender with your feet inside the engine compartment while doing it.
Now you need a computerized diagnostic analyzer to quiz the vehicle computer for idas about what might be the problem and what might be the fix. And when you open the hood you might be able to see part of the actual engine.

The flip side, of course, is that you can now go 100,000 miles without ever developing a miss...or, in many cases, having to even replace a single spark plug. An electronic control unit is often trickier to troubleshoot and repair than a mechanical gizmo, and for sure requires different tools and equipment to do so, but if well designed and built will often last far longer with few or no moving parts to wear out, and provide more precise and accurate control as well.

At six years and 120,000 miles plus on my Honda Fit, the sum total of my maintenance to date has been light bulbs, a set of spark plugs, windshield wiper blades, a windshield (which I consider a wear item here in Vermont), tires, and a valve adjustment...and the usual fluids and filters. I do need to take the hatchback door handle apart and clean it up as it's rather sticky and gummed up.

And yes, you can see many parts of the engine, albeit frequently not the parts you really want to work on!

I do not see an inverter as an appliance. It is a device.

When I arrive, I take a stroll. With a lighter. Light off the hot water heater, kick the tires, stretch out a hose, and dump tube, yawn, then go back inside. Refrigerator? It's 24-volt powered.

One thing I do -not- do is have malfunctions E27, Blinking X's, jammed stairs, trapezoidal slideouts, Jacks that play Jill, Transfer switches, Whiz bang automatic electricity blockers, down here with a power protection device in-line, you iz boondocking as far as electricity is concerned.

Time spent troubleshooting = 0.00000 seconds in 25 years.

Time spent scratching my *** and fumbling with a Samlex inverter the same. The A/C units cool individual rooms. So I plug into a decrepit duplex receptacle and extract 4 amps. Need to charge batteries? Twist timer on a 500 watt Meanwell charger.

Need a step? Toss down a crate. Need to level? Drive up on wedgees.

Oh I forgot, all this means I need to wash my hands. But I should do that anyway after handling the hoses.

What this chatter is about, is that "smart" has revolved 360 degrees and is biting itself in the ***

My smart repair bill last year was $0.00 How about yours? My smart diagnostic time last year was 0.00 seconds. How about you?

This is NOT CRITICISM. It is meant to serve as a sense of perspective.

As far as the Samlex inverter is concerned, I do not own a programmable inverter. I own the BORG and several Meanwell and Megawatt power supplies. I am fortunate enough to not have to bother with programmable battery chargers or inverters.

Like a country hick I watch city bred svelte smart schtickers scrawling on their smart phones desperately seeking even more apps to load and walking into a streetlamp pole.

I remain amazed...

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I'm still confused. What is the problem?

It might help if you provide some context.

Consider the source of the post and you will understand that it is meant to be a puzzle and playing into his hand is what he's hoping for. Ignore him and maybe he will go away.

I drive a car that is old enough to vote in the coming election. No major repairs have been done.. Cars from long ago generally did not do that well. In fact my mother tells of her parents having Two Model Ts and 3 Motors and a garage that was a converted Ice House.. at one end of the garage was a work bench with the spare motor. When one of the other two failed they ran the gantry crane down and pulled the engine. ran it down to the bench, picked up the bench engine and the car was quickly back in service. they they fixed/rebuilt the benched engine.. Only "Major" repairs on my 2001 Neon... Motor mounts and an idler pulley .

IT still runs like new.

And those cars from teh 60's.. Double digit MPG was not common.. My 01 does 25mpg easy. modern cars 30-40