Got a little bit of a score on an inverter today and wanted to pass it along to you guys. They have a 750 watt inverter on sale for 47.99 and I found a coupon code for 25% off. I was surprised they took just the code but they did. The code is 54708713. Now the good news that it was about 38 bucks out the door! Figured I've wasted more on a trip to Ted's and at least something more than a bottle of pepto to show for it! One quick note, is that there are two 750 watt inverter part numbers and they are slightly different. The 66817 is the one I bought. It has a cover for the USB charger port while the 69660 unit doesn't have a usb port cover and doesn't seem to be getting as good of reviews.
www.harborfreight.com/750-watt-continuous-1500-watt-peak-power-inverter-66817.html
So for the review, I already had one of their little 400 watt inverters that I bought to play with and it would run a few things but struggled with a good number of my basic power tools. It would run a drill and fans and such but it wouldn't start my router or sawzall (no sawzall is a mortal sin for any emergancy inverter). So I put the kill-a-watt on and found that a full power no load sawzall pulls about 575 watts. Makes sense that the little inverter barked about it. However this new 750 watt inverter ran it without a problem! The kill-a-watt reported 119.5 volts and a stead 60hz from it. It's not a pure signwave inverter so it would stress inductive loads (motors, compressors, etc) under continuous use but in a pinch it appears to be just fine to toss in the trunk and have available for the next tornado/ice storm/earthquake/wildfire/other power killing life in oklahoma event/.
www.harborfreight.com/750-watt-continuous-1500-watt-peak-power-inverter-66817.html
So for the review, I already had one of their little 400 watt inverters that I bought to play with and it would run a few things but struggled with a good number of my basic power tools. It would run a drill and fans and such but it wouldn't start my router or sawzall (no sawzall is a mortal sin for any emergancy inverter). So I put the kill-a-watt on and found that a full power no load sawzall pulls about 575 watts. Makes sense that the little inverter barked about it. However this new 750 watt inverter ran it without a problem! The kill-a-watt reported 119.5 volts and a stead 60hz from it. It's not a pure signwave inverter so it would stress inductive loads (motors, compressors, etc) under continuous use but in a pinch it appears to be just fine to toss in the trunk and have available for the next tornado/ice storm/earthquake/wildfire/other power killing life in oklahoma event/.