eBay's "taddwholesale" almost alway has 2 or 3 lots of non-working Chicago Electric inveters for repair. Item #270321654951 at the moment. I will not speculate on where he gets so many, and such a steady flow.
Things like 'Fuse Not user-serviceable', very short warranty, and the continuous rating being a few minutes instead of (what I thought was continuous) make me wonder. G-Ghurd.info
If you watch, you can get good deals on decent inverters. For a while, Costco carried the Xantrex XPower 1000 inverters (1kW sustained, 2kW surge) for, depending on when you bought them, $40 or $50. And hey, Xantrex vs. Harbor Freight... it's an easy choice.
That "design" inverter was made by a company called TEAM PRODUCTS. They produced them for Harbor, Coleman, etc.. Team is out of business now (can not imagine why). Bad design, basically junk.... allot still in the channel though...
.....Bill
McG, I would like to know the details of how you wired the fridge to have the inverter on demand. I'm sure it's not too difficult but I need to be able to look at the wiring drawn out to understand. I'd appreciate an email on how to do it along with the specs on the fridge, size, startup and running watts. Thanks,Andy[ Parent ]
