Tripp lite 1250fc inverter

for those that don't know
PSW is a realitive NEW technology
and really isn't PURE sine wave, its just functionally close enough for most things , as to be indistinguishable
but ..put it on an Oscilloscope and you can see the "pulse steps" in the wave form

before shrinking miniaturized digital technology allowed for this type wave form control
the top quality inverters were MSW, handled by stable electronic input through heavy transformers and output resonate filter chokes
this is OLD school tech
Tripp-lite was a pioneer in this many years ago
and today they build both types PSW and MSW with top quality
its the transformers and chokes inside the tripp-lite that make it heavy, durable, and clean output
the 1250w model weighs 23 Pounds
compare that to the avg 1000w PSW of about 8 pounds or less

One one hand, MSW is MSW and a device shouldn't care what inverter it comes from. On the other hand, there have been too many posts to ignore, reporting the Tripp Lite MSW inverters to be head-and-shoulders above the rest of the pack. It's nice for something to be built well, but the consuming device couldn't care less. All that matters are the properties of the incoming power, voltage, waveform, etc. What is different about the Tripp Lite's output that makes it better?

JiminDenver wrote:
A big thank you to Mr wizard for the recommendation for the Tripp lite inverter. This is the first trip with it and the big loads run as well as they did on the Psw inverter we used last year.

The big difference is that using the Power Bright cw150 last year had the phone chargers and satellite receiver hot and the TV showed lines at times. That doesn't happen with the Tripp lite even though it is a MSW inverter.

For $200 it is a good alternative to the expense of a PSW sturdy enough to handle the surge of a compressor starting.

Yeah, many dyed in the wool PSW "fans" just don't understand that there IS top notch quality MSW inverter brands. I have used nothing but good quality MSW inverter and UPS brands like Tripplite, APC, Minute man just to name a few out there without burning things up, or lines on TVs, noise in 120V stereo equipment and such.

That Tripplite is built like a brick you know what, it has been from ground up designed to be able to not only run inductive loads but start them reliably. To do that with the cheap MSW AMD PSW imports would require an inverter wattage of two to three times the Tripplite!

Enjoy your Tripplite!

I remember my first inverter
A Tripp-Lite square wave 400-watt from the late 70's
I had vain hopes it would operate a HP sodium light
I was wrong but the inverter lasted a long time
Until an acquitance borrowed it "for a few hours"
I wonder where he's been these last 37-years?

ours will be 5yrs old in Nov
that will be 5yrs of continuous duty
only offline when replacing batteries or cables etc..