Im after buying a power inverter but only want it to charge phones and ipod etc maybe a dvd player, just wondering what Watt i should use weather a 300 w is enough.
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Re: what power inverter to use
For the uses you have listed a 150 Watt one would be fine 
so 300 watts would give some spare capacity, no bad thing.
Re the DVD player, does it not have a 12 volt input, most do. It would be MUCH more efficient and save quite a lot of battery power if it has.
so 300 watts would give some spare capacity, no bad thing.Re the DVD player, does it not have a 12 volt input, most do. It would be MUCH more efficient and save quite a lot of battery power if it has.
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Likewise with phones/idiotpods etc use a dc/dc usb charger
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Re: what power inverter to use
stevo1980 wrote:only want it to charge phones and ipod etc maybe a dvd player
Phones.....in car charger (12 volts to 5volts usually)
iPod.....USB (12 volts to 5 volts)
DVD player....usually 12 volts anyway.
All the devices you mention are much more efficiently powered by in car/USB chargers and not UPPING the cars 12 volts to 230 volts only to use adapters to drop the power back down to 5 & 12 volts.
Invertors are really only useful for 'Mains 230 volt' appliances.
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Wouldn't it be cheaper - as well as much more power efficient - to just buy 12v chargers...?
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Which one would power a small fan heater just for now and then use.
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None, unless you have one heck of a battery bank.
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Could just build a small fire to keep warm. As long as you keep the window open tho.
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Re: what power inverter to use
Thanks all ill forget that then, just use one on electric hook up. And see how we get on with the gas one in the floor ( need to find out how much gas it will use) maybe you can get a bigger bottle ill look into that and how much heat comes from it.
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nostalgic wrote:. And see how we get on with the gas one in the floor ( need to find out how much gas it will use) maybe you can get a bigger bottle ill look into that and how much heat comes from it.
Is this "gas one in the floor" a fitted Propex warm air heater (or similar) ? If so, is it red or blue ?
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Back to inverters = This one looks particularly nice 
It's a 1500 Watt pure sine wave one, just sold on ebay for £38
(it was not new however and it said "no returns" 
or I would have bid on it ) I bet it gets a bit "hot" 
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It's a 1500 Watt pure sine wave one, just sold on ebay for £38
(it was not new however and it said "no returns" or I would have bid on it ) I bet it gets a bit "hot" .
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^^^^^^^ I'll have one of them!
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She seems to get around a bit = another one on ebay, this one is new and ships from china (the other was UK shipping) =
Is she very small or is that a giant inverter ? (actually it IS a giant inverter at 8,000 Watts )
Is she very small or is that a giant inverter ? (actually it IS a giant inverter at 8,000 Watts
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