nice work on the inverter. I'm glad you got it working I just wish the bad inverter that I have would have been that easy to repair. Keep up the good work. Dan
Hi. If it's blowing fuses without even switching it on, make absolutely sure the positive and negative connections aren't reversed (see my other inverter video). If you have an ohmmeter, measure across the inverter's hookup terminals. You should see it start low and climb up as the capacitors inside charge. FWIW, a cig lighter plug can't handle the current this thing will draw, depending on the load. Even at 400W output it needs to pull about 40 amps on the input side. Need big wires and fuses.
Great job very down to earth video especially checking the basics first, tell me dose the far runs constantly? is it possible to put dust filters around the ventilation section that let air in but keep the dust out?
I hope you saved my inverter. Mine isn't powering on at all. Can't wait to check switch. My fuses are not burnt and they are not showing any power coming thru their leads. Is that normal? Thanks
the last time I worked on some electronis like and house reciver it was dirty very dirty. I found it in the trash. I fixed but to clean it I took it apart and put it in the dishwasher. and cleand it good then let it dry and fixed it put it back to gether and now it looks like its brand new. I let it air dry for a week in warm room with a fan to completely dry it out and wow it works great.
Hi! I bought an inverter 1500v on line but it has no makers name or brand name. It was working fine when I received it and just used it for testing on TV and it was working great. then I left it aside for one month. After this period I tried to work it but it did not work and warning light show that there is a fault. I am surprised to see it developed a fault lying on the shelf. Could you suggest what had gone wrong with it. It will be very kind of you I have no address of the seller. thanks.
The blown LEDs is a reason why it would be a good idea to first measure (and possibly observe the waveshape of) the output after the switch was replaced rather than risking your Dremel as an experimental test load.
i have this identical Coleman 800 Watt inverter. Mine keeps blowing fuses on any cigarette lighter outlet i plug it into. it even blows the fuse when i connect it to a CB radio terminal connection in a semi tractor. the switch is not even turned on when i connect power to it. i cant get it to stop blowing fuses so it never actually turns on. Do you have any idea what is going on?
It did. But we moved and I took it out of the chicken house, so no telling how much longer it would have lasted in that environment. I'd guess not long.
I don't believe I would have brought that thing into my home at all... I have a couple of APC branded devices that carry their own batteries, One is a small single SLA cell power strip type that is 550 watts and it has a problem of not going into backup power mode and it beeps constantly. The other is an APC eServer branded pure sine wave type that is 1500 watts continuous and holds 2 SLA batteries, it has issues showing under voltage on the AC line, this one is interfacable via USB or RS232.
nice work on the inverter. I'm glad you got it working I just wish the bad inverter that I have would have been that easy to repair.
Keep up the good work.
Dan
cool - loved both this, the other inverter repair, and the explanation for the light bulb trick :D
Thanks!
man i was running into same issue with my inverter. thank you it made my job easy.
Hi. If it's blowing fuses without even switching it on, make absolutely sure the positive and negative connections aren't reversed (see my other inverter video). If you have an ohmmeter, measure across the inverter's hookup terminals. You should see it start low and climb up as the capacitors inside charge.
FWIW, a cig lighter plug can't handle the current this thing will draw, depending on the load. Even at 400W output it needs to pull about 40 amps on the input side. Need big wires and fuses.
Thanks! Agreed, you don't catch a break like this very often.
Great job very down to earth video especially checking the basics first, tell me dose the far runs constantly? is it possible to put dust filters around the ventilation section that let air in but keep the dust out?
I hope you saved my inverter. Mine isn't powering on at all. Can't wait to check switch. My fuses are not burnt and they are not showing any power coming thru their leads. Is that normal? Thanks
the last time I worked on some electronis like and house reciver it was dirty very dirty. I found it in the trash. I fixed but to clean it I took it apart and put it in the dishwasher. and cleand it good then let it dry and fixed it put it back to gether and now it looks like its brand new. I let it air dry for a week in warm room with a fan to completely dry it out and wow it works great.
Hi! I bought an inverter 1500v on line but it has no makers name or brand name. It was working fine when I received it and just used it for testing on TV and it was working great. then I left it aside for one month. After this period I tried to work it but it did not work and warning light show that there is a fault. I am surprised to see it developed a fault lying on the shelf. Could you suggest what had gone wrong with it. It will be very kind of you I have no address of the seller. thanks.
The blown LEDs is a reason why it would be a good idea to first measure (and possibly observe the waveshape of) the output after the switch was replaced rather than risking your Dremel as an experimental test load.
i have this identical Coleman 800 Watt inverter. Mine keeps blowing fuses on any cigarette lighter outlet i plug it into. it even blows the fuse when i connect it to a CB radio terminal connection in a semi tractor. the switch is not even turned on when i connect power to it. i cant get it to stop blowing fuses so it never actually turns on. Do you have any idea what is going on?
I have a coleman 400/800 peak but it dont have the heat sink down the middle.
I'm interested in what the inverter was used for in the chicken coop. Was it for lighting?
ForViewingOnly That's right. I ran two fluorescent fixtures, each with two 4-foot tubes off this inverter and a plain old car battery.
It did. But we moved and I took it out of the chicken house, so no telling how much longer it would have lasted in that environment. I'd guess not long.
When using a inverter around livestock of any kind, the ammonia content of the air can get so high it shorts out electronics.
thats a pretty cool lookign inverther with a heatsink in side of it its pretty cool.
my 30x2 ampere fuse keep blowing up whenever i connect it to my dc12volt battery(50amp).
any solution?
Thanks! The second one I have to repair is much cheaper. The construction quality doesn't compare.
I don't believe I would have brought that thing into my home at all...
I have a couple of APC branded devices that carry their own batteries, One is a small single SLA cell power strip type that is 550 watts and it has a problem of not going into backup power mode and it beeps constantly.
The other is an APC eServer branded pure sine wave type that is 1500 watts continuous and holds 2 SLA batteries, it has issues showing under voltage on the AC line, this one is interfacable via USB or RS232.
Maybe clean up the device before testing and repair?
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