Cantonape Power Inverter 1000W Pure Sine Wave DC 12V to AC 230V 240V Voltage Converter With AC Socket, and 2 USB, car inverter used for Laptop, FAN, Pad, Phones, Tablet

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My intention was to use this as a setup in my car to (occasionally) provide an AC power source in my car. I wanted to operate some low power electronics - TV Screen, Monitor and netbook or laptop PC, possibly a wi-fi printer, (not all at the same time I might add, although that should be possible) at least for longer journeys and as a temporary measure. I have to say, for all these purposes, this works extremely well and I have been more than happy. I have taken some photos of my 1st time test and setup in the car. My only criticism would be that I found the cables - both the battery croc clips and the cigarette lighter socket too short for any meaningful or long term cable installation. Given that the device itself has cutaways on the side lip in order to allow you to mount and or secure the device, the only place I would consider this possible would be the boot space for obvious safety reasons. This would not be possible in my view using the supplied cables. I think I will have to make my own cables or purchase longer ones to make this happen. Overall the device appears sturdy, of good quality and seems to provide a clean power supply output with no issues for the devices I wish to use. Until I can put longer cables into the car, I am considering using the inverter with a standalone car battery as a short term power supply in the Garden Shed, and just re-charge the Battery as required. As you can see from the other reviews and also hopefully from my input, this is a flexible piece of kit with a wide variety of uses and comes recommended. On this review I have dropped a star simply because I felt the cables could have been a bit longer to make them more useful in real world usage, but they work fine and the item does its job well. Thank you for taking the time to read my review. If you have found my comments useful, I would appreciate it if you would take a moment to click on the 'helpful' button. Best regards.

item did work but not at 1000w and peaked out at 700w with a lot of heat due to build quality and the use of inexpensive components , ended up sending it back, for the same money or a little more ,buy a branded one.

Well packaged and seems to work well. I was looking for something to give a little preparedness in case of power cuts. Powered into a halogen lamp (approximately 250 Watts) for 15 minutes and unit remains cool to the touch. Measuring the output with a multimeter, the output remained stable over this load range (zero load to 250 Watts) which is reassuring. Measuring the input current suggests it is a fairy efficient design. Dimmable lamps operated cleanly suggesting it is a genuine pure sine wave output, and the unit operated well with this difficult load (load switching on and off 100 times per second with each half cycle of the mains). After having researched various brands I chose this one as they make a point of which of their designs are pure sine wave and which are modified sine wave (step wave). Many other manufacturers seem to be advertised as pure sine wave only to see in the small print that they aren't, so I value the honesty this brand has in this regard. I expect to only need a few hundred Watts, so buying the 1000 watt version should hopefully ensure it runs cool and well within its rating to give a long operating life. Note that 250 Watts at Mains voltage equates to more than 20 Amps at 12 Volts, so using the thicker cables (not cigarette lighter plug) that are also provided will be necessary with such loads.

It's ok. The crocodile clips are a bit iffy and exposed. I cut these off and provided proper termination that was also protected against possible short circuit

This works great, I've tested it using a high power 12v battery connected directly to it and operated a number of household appliances on it, all below its suggested 1kW rating of course. All worked perfectly fine. I had a large screen TV running for quite some time from it too! Just a thought about the power rating though.... it comes with a car cigar lighter plug and a set of leads like jump cables, but if you consider the power rating of this being 1kW, it would have to draw over 80 amps from a 12 volt supply to deliver it! There's no way can a car's 12v socket ever deliver that, you'd just keep popping the fuse in it. However, if you connect directly to a 12v battery ensure you use connectors and cables that can deliver it, then it should work fine. If you're unsure I'd recommend consulting an electrician or someone in the electrical or electronics industry to verify. I'm using this connected directly to a high powered 12v battery the sort of thing that could be in a vehicle or even used as a leisure battery? I've also used dedicated high current leads to connect it, as drawing potentially 80 amps at full tilt I want to make sure everything works fine. In use it does work well though, the TV and other audio equipment I've powered through this have all performed as they would connected directly to the mains, which suggests the claims of being a sine wave inverter are likely quite correct. Sadly at the moment I have to oscilloscope to verify the quality of the sine waveform from this unit, but there would be tell tale indications if it wasn't. So overall a very handy unit, it certainly has powered everything I've connected to it, and I have to also recognise that it didn't even get warm enough to switch on its internal cooling fan! Very happy with this, but do check & verify your power requirements and connectivity before assuming you can power anything from a 12v cigar light socket.