Dan Robinson
EF5
My last 1000w inverter died in July of this year. I bought an Ever Start 1000w as a replacement, but it has been a major pain.
First, It doesn't have a physical on/off switch that I can leave in the on position and turn on with my chasing accessory circuit's master switch in the dash. I have to press the power button on the inverter to turn it on every time. My inverter and the main chase circuit busbar are out of reach in the back seats, which means turning on my equipment is at least a two-step process that I have to get out of the car to do.
Secondly, the inverter's low voltage protection is too sensitive. Most of the time it will not even power up under load without the alarm tripping and cutting power entirely. I usually have to unplug everything, fire up the inverter, wait for it to warm up, them plug everything back in. It works fine after that.
I finally got tired of all this, and went out to buy another. The 1000w units available at Lowes, home depot and Menards all have that power button now instead of a switch. I bought a Stanley 1000w unit, and when I installed it into my circuit, it did did the exact same thing as the EverStart - it will not power up under load, that is, with things plugged into it. The low voltage protection kicks in and cuts power.
Does anyone have recommendations on an inverter without these annoying features/bugs? I have a brand new x2power battery that will power my chase equipment circuit - laptop, chargers, cameras, dashcams for 36 hours with the engine not running. I never had this problem with older model inverters.
First, It doesn't have a physical on/off switch that I can leave in the on position and turn on with my chasing accessory circuit's master switch in the dash. I have to press the power button on the inverter to turn it on every time. My inverter and the main chase circuit busbar are out of reach in the back seats, which means turning on my equipment is at least a two-step process that I have to get out of the car to do.
Secondly, the inverter's low voltage protection is too sensitive. Most of the time it will not even power up under load without the alarm tripping and cutting power entirely. I usually have to unplug everything, fire up the inverter, wait for it to warm up, them plug everything back in. It works fine after that.
I finally got tired of all this, and went out to buy another. The 1000w units available at Lowes, home depot and Menards all have that power button now instead of a switch. I bought a Stanley 1000w unit, and when I installed it into my circuit, it did did the exact same thing as the EverStart - it will not power up under load, that is, with things plugged into it. The low voltage protection kicks in and cuts power.
Does anyone have recommendations on an inverter without these annoying features/bugs? I have a brand new x2power battery that will power my chase equipment circuit - laptop, chargers, cameras, dashcams for 36 hours with the engine not running. I never had this problem with older model inverters.
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