That's a handy gadget! If all you used it for was to charge USB plug devices in an emergency it'd be worth having. We do the same thing with the Christmas lights. They provide nice lighting for those winter evenings when we're sitting and listening to the shortwave. Good video Tim.
Could use a regular 20 volt any lithium tool battery. Get a 12 volt cigarette lighter input with fuse put blade type terminals get some crimp tool with electrical tape. Get a 12 to 24 volt input to usb usb c dual output car adapter for cig input. If you want to just charge fast charge tablets with no 120 volt appliances.
*This is very useful. its kind of like the Milwaukee top off . You can use this for temporary shed lights or camp sites. I wish they made something like this for Kobalt but im sure i could make it work! thanks for sharing.*
I have a 150watt ( 300 surge watt ) inverter. I use Worx 20v batteries for the tool series and have 5 batteries. I put a 30 watt led 4ft shop light in my 18ft shed. I permanently set this system up where I just change battery...On the 6Ah battery I can run that light 3 hours... It worked out great and inexpensive...
This would be great for tailgating with a tv! I don’t need a big expensive power station, just gonna use all the batteries I have for my power tools laying around.
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP usually just beer and a tv with perhaps a chrome cast or something to throw a game on. Just need to figure out the wattage of the tv I have and calculate how long I could run it for. Care to help with a basic formula for me?
So if you pick an average 32” led tv it’s going to use around 50 watts per hour so a 5ah Dewalt battery will have about 100 wh in it which means you’ll get 2 hours of run time best cases scenerio. So a 10 ah should get you through an average football game or being a few 5ah and that will work too
Hello, I’m looking to get one to power the microwave in my truck. If I use my 60v max flex volt battery will this product produce the power to operate a small microwave?
Now it won’t it maxes out at 200 watts the lowest microwaves out there are 6-700 watts. I bought a 200 watt mini rice cooker and it was just a touch too much for it. You would need soemthing with bigger wattage for a microwave
it will not. this requires math and knowledge to know in more details. but short answer is absolutely not. one way to achieve this to accept appliances at 9amp is you will need a bigger inverter than a 200W inverter and a 100AH battery. the higher the watt your appliance(s) , the bigger the inverter and bigger the AH battery youll need. 200W inverter (no matter what car battery you use) is used to power up SMALL WATT appliances. appliances that require small wattage. max upto 180W. if you have 220W you can use MAX upto 200W. you need to deduct 10 or 20 W for inverter electronic usage. also note that theres 2 kind of inverters. 1 is pure sine wave (which is alot better and efficient) and the other is modified sinewave (which is crappier version and isnt as good as pure sine wave. mostly that chinese sell / chinese inverters are). things go much more deeper than the details i gave you above. Hope that helps!
will not work. a standard heater is anywhere between 750W - 2000W (2 KW ) !!! so this will definitely not work. if you keep trying it the heater will fail due to low voltage / not enough voltage being met. hence the term under voltage / under amps. which damages appliances as well as over voltage.
Actually, I tested on a ceiling fan before and after installation in a house, and its power shut off from the locate grid plus with the main switch off. And it actually works. As long it's on par with the manufacturer's spec.
so don’t mean to knock the product because it was great while it lasted. I used it for the lights in my enclosed trailer. Then all the sudden it started killing batteries in minutes and then died. I took it apart to see if I could fix it but I couldn’t see anything wrong other than that kept blowing fuses up.
Does this have a low voltage cut-off built in, so it doesn't completely kill your batteries? Dewalt batteries don't have the cut-off in the battery, they have it in the tool, so a product like this could potentially ruin a Dewalt battery if it doesn't have it. Thanks.
Well It probably beeps and stops working when the voltage gets to low so I don't think it will keep running and destroy your battery or at least not drain it down below where the charger will charge it but I definitely wouldn't leave in on like stored for weeks or months
@@james10739 Absolutely does not start beeping and shut off at low voltage. Also does not have reverse polarity protection. Just another Chinese scam marketing all lies.
I bought one, but I don't like how the inverter doesn't have low voltage cutoff at 15v. My batteries are draining way below 12v even! BEST WAY TO KILL MY DEWALT BATTERY PACKS!
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP check wattage. anything upto 180W (while youre using 200W inverter) should be fine. but keep that blanket in distance from inverter.
Wouldn’t want to end up causing a fire I suppose but this little unit hasn’t been too bad for the price of it and I do believe the prices drop recently when I checked it it does the trick
From a 5AH battery, you'll get about 50 watts for an hour... You're better off buying a LifePo4 battery and an inverter. If you want to power lighting from a Dewalt battery, you're better off buying a strip of 12v-24v LED lights and power that directly from the battery. Going from DC to AC is not very efficient
Check out my review on the Dewalt rapid charger
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That's a handy gadget! If all you used it for was to charge USB plug devices in an emergency it'd be worth having. We do the same thing with the Christmas lights. They provide nice lighting for those winter evenings when we're sitting and listening to the shortwave. Good video Tim.
Do you find anything good in the shortwave these days?
Could use a regular 20 volt any lithium tool battery. Get a 12 volt cigarette lighter input with fuse put blade type terminals get some crimp tool with electrical tape. Get a 12 to 24 volt input to usb usb c dual output car adapter for cig input. If you want to just charge fast charge tablets with no 120 volt appliances.
*This is very useful. its kind of like the Milwaukee top off . You can use this for temporary shed lights or camp sites. I wish they made something like this for Kobalt but im sure i could make it work! thanks for sharing.*
I have a 150watt ( 300 surge watt ) inverter. I use Worx 20v batteries for the tool series and have 5 batteries. I put a 30 watt led 4ft shop light in my 18ft shed. I permanently set this system up where I just change battery...On the 6Ah battery I can run that light 3 hours... It worked out great and inexpensive...
Can u use WORX 20v with that 200w he’s showing?
Get tho self a extension cord with a plug on either end. Turn off the mains. Plug into inverter and home power socket et voila
Inline fuse wouldn't be tough to install. Good idea
Thanks mobility
This would be great for tailgating with a tv! I don’t need a big expensive power station, just gonna use all the batteries I have for my power tools laying around.
That’s a great idea. Stupid question I’m Canadian so I haven’t really tailgated in my life. What kind of gear do you guys use for that?
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP usually just beer and a tv with perhaps a chrome cast or something to throw a game on. Just need to figure out the wattage of the tv I have and calculate how long I could run it for. Care to help with a basic formula for me?
So if you pick an average 32” led tv it’s going to use around 50 watts per hour so a 5ah Dewalt battery will have about 100 wh in it which means you’ll get 2 hours of run time best cases scenerio. So a 10 ah should get you through an average football game or being a few 5ah and that will work too
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP such a simple concise answer, love it!
Hello, I’m looking to get one to power the microwave in my truck. If I use my 60v max flex volt battery will this product produce the power to operate a small microwave?
Now it won’t it maxes out at 200 watts the lowest microwaves out there are 6-700 watts. I bought a 200 watt mini rice cooker and it was just a touch too much for it. You would need soemthing with bigger wattage for a microwave
Run some usb low voltage Tape lights around the house. Probably run for alot of hours on those
Absoultey it would nows the time to buy them Xmas lights on clearance.
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP i seen them at Home Depot $10-$15 12ft, i have a couple i use on a cell phone charging block.
Can you use it to power high amp tools or a 1.6 cu-ft mini fridge, especially with the big 9 amp battery?
I don’t thing so it cuts out at around 180watts
it will not. this requires math and knowledge to know in more details. but short answer is absolutely not.
one way to achieve this to accept appliances at 9amp is you will need a bigger inverter than a 200W inverter and a 100AH battery.
the higher the watt your appliance(s) , the bigger the inverter and bigger the AH battery youll need.
200W inverter (no matter what car battery you use) is used to power up SMALL WATT appliances. appliances that require small wattage. max upto 180W. if you have 220W you can use MAX upto 200W. you need to deduct 10 or 20 W for inverter electronic usage.
also note that theres 2 kind of inverters. 1 is pure sine wave (which is alot better and efficient) and the other is modified sinewave (which is crappier version and isnt as good as pure sine wave. mostly that chinese sell / chinese inverters are).
things go much more deeper than the details i gave you above.
Hope that helps!
The glue gun is the real deal. Use it all the time. Like the smaller inverter; I got the larger 4 battery one I use all the time as well.
That’s one piece of gear I haven’t gotten yet def on my want list thought
Try a 175 watt blender and the small Dash cooking devices
I will give it a go
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Can you charge a duralast 200w power inverter in a electric household plug
If it’s a standard inverter know they’re just used to convert battery power to wall power they don’t have any storage capabilities
How long can you run the router for do you think
An average router uses 5-20 watts an hour so a 5 ah Dewalt battery should run a router 8-10 hours on this
Which you can try it to heater please thanks
will not work. a standard heater is anywhere between 750W - 2000W (2 KW ) !!!
so this will definitely not work. if you keep trying it the heater will fail due to low voltage / not enough voltage being met.
hence the term under voltage / under amps. which damages appliances as well as over voltage.
Motors hate the modified sine wave of these inverters
Actually, I tested on a ceiling fan before and after installation in a house, and its power shut off from the locate grid plus with the main switch off.
And it actually works.
As long it's on par with the manufacturer's spec.
so don’t mean to knock the product because it was great while it lasted. I used it for the lights in my enclosed trailer. Then all the sudden it started killing batteries in minutes and then died. I took it apart to see if I could fix it but I couldn’t see anything wrong other than that kept blowing fuses up.
I don’t think they are honestly made out of very much
Does this have a low voltage cut-off built in, so it doesn't completely kill your batteries? Dewalt batteries don't have the cut-off in the battery, they have it in the tool, so a product like this could potentially ruin a Dewalt battery if it doesn't have it. Thanks.
Yes it does it has a surprising amount of automatic cut offs built in
Well It probably beeps and stops working when the voltage gets to low so I don't think it will keep running and destroy your battery or at least not drain it down below where the charger will charge it but I definitely wouldn't leave in on like stored for weeks or months
@@james10739 Absolutely does not start beeping and shut off at low voltage. Also does not have reverse polarity protection. Just another Chinese scam marketing all lies.
Can you use flexvolt batteries on it?
I will check
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP What was the answer?
I bought one, but I don't like how the inverter doesn't have low voltage cutoff at 15v. My batteries are draining way below 12v even! BEST WAY TO KILL MY DEWALT BATTERY PACKS!
He said this is a backup option in description ie to be used once in awhile
Small heating blanket or would that be to much?
I’m not sure but I love the idea
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP check wattage. anything upto 180W (while youre using 200W inverter) should be fine. but keep that blanket in distance from inverter.
Wouldn’t want to end up causing a fire I suppose but this little unit hasn’t been too bad for the price of it and I do believe the prices drop recently when I checked it it does the trick
Try : sump pump!
I have a small utility pump that might run on it I’ll def test it out but I’m thinking at least the kick in draw will be too high for it
Not for 1/4 hp pump and up .
That ticking is a sure sign of square wave inverter, will shorten the life expectancy of gadgets so i wouldn't use this for anything expensive
Def won’t received another from a diff company im gonna Test that one too
To much heat .when you need to use it you cant to hot it work for phone sure but deff not 1 hour
From a 5AH battery, you'll get about 50 watts for an hour... You're better off buying a LifePo4 battery and an inverter. If you want to power lighting from a Dewalt battery, you're better off buying a strip of 12v-24v LED lights and power that directly from the battery. Going from DC to AC is not very efficient
Good thing I have the 15ah!! I got this just to light the ac leds in my shed off a Dewalt
me i would rather pay more to keep it in the united states.
you can cut one side of the power cord and splice in an inline fuse holder.