Need to use up my Kogan credit. Think this could be it..
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/null-elinz-pure-sine-wave-power…
Anyone used one?
Elinz 12v (1500w) Car Inverter. Any Good?
tunzafun001 on 05/10/2020 - 14:31
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Yeah, cheers. I thought they were Universal 12/ 24v. Good pick up.
You realise 1500W will flatten a 4x4 battery in around 30 minutes or less?
You would save yourself money in the long run by talking to (and buying from) an off road specialist. Unless you own you own tow truck. Then you will just save yourself time.
You would want an auxiliary battery, auto disconnect charger, a suitable sized wiring harness and most likely a 230V GPO w/ suitable wiring from the inverter.
Gerry rigging something drawing this much current is a great way to burn your car out or if you are lucky, just burn out your alternator.
Cheers, but it's a different game these days. Don't have an alternator. It's to go in a mitsi PHEV. The DC converter from the 13kw drive battery (330v) provides 2.5kw @ 12v to the 12v aux battery.
So as long as i don't draw more than 2.5kw, there is almost no draw on the 12v battery itself. So will probably go for the 2.5 (nominal) /5kw (max) version.
Will be handy for camping, using power tools offsite and as a basic power backup for the house.
I was thinking of putting an inverter to the 330v DC battery direct, to lower the amperage. But don't like the idea of having a 330v DC connection (safety wise) and a 330v inverter is pretty big.
Lastly, kogan credit is about to expire and they claim this inverter is >90% efficient, so hoping it's ok.
Make sure you fuse it in case it fails. Wrap it in a fire blanket so even if it doesn't catch on fire, you can guaranty it will over heat :)
Those things are rarer than most Ferrari's. Hardly a different game these days :p
You will need the 2.5kW if you want to use any AC power tools worth using.
If you wanted to invert directly of the 330Vdc you would be looking at either duplicating what you have already installed, Gerry rigging another automotive solution or using industrial components. Use what you have.
Seriously, onsite tool use might be a stretch. I would be highly surprised if it was rated for use above 30C and a suitable IP rating. And depending on the site it could also cause issues. I am not saying you can't design around it's limitations, just that is will have some.
Just reporting back. Has been pretty good so far. I used around 700 - 1200w for about 40 minutes continuous the other day. I had to whipper snip an entire block. Used up my battery powered snipper first, could charge one battery while using the other. Eventually both were flat, so switched up to a chorded version (basically as an experiment). It did it without a problem for the next 40mins. Wasn't even warm. The only issue is an alarm went off on the inverter as the car was charging at a rate of 15.1V (with the unit cutting out at 16v, alarm kicks in at 15v). It never cut out, but beeped from about the 10 min mark. Charging also never went higher than 15.1v
So in summary, pretty happy with my Freebie from Kogan at this point.
@tunzafun001: Awesome. I doubt you will have any issues using it for power tool battery charging. I know a guy with an 8 ryobi charger on a silly small inverter as it's rarely more than two charging at once.
The product page that you've linked to seems to be for a 24V model, not 12V
Did you mean this one?
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/null-elinz-pure-sine-wave-power…