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Whistler PI-400W 400 Watt Power Inverter |  | Brand: Whistler Radar Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $79.95 Buy New: $23.00 as of 3/13/2010 10:54 CST details You Save: $56.95 (71%)
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Seller: E & B Electronics Rating: 25 reviews
Color: Silver Autographed: No Memorabilia: No Batteries Included: No Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1 Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 3.5 x 11.5 Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: PI-400W Model: PI-400W UPC: 052303403361 EAN: 0052303403361
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 400 Watt continuous power, with 800 Watt peak power | | • | Plugs into cigarette lighter socket | | • | Electronic circuit protection, and cooling fan | | • | Overload, short-circuit, and temperature protection | | • | Includes battery cables |
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Product Description
400 Watt Mobile Power Inverter Converts 12V DC to 110V AC provides 800 Watt peak power. Provides various kinds of Protection like Voltage protection, Short-circuit protection, Overload protection to Devices. Main Features Manufacturer: Whistler Group, IncManufacturer Part Number: PI-400WManufacturer Website Address: www.whistlergroup.com
Amazon.com Product Description The Whistler PI-400 400 Watt power inverter allows you to run some AC appliances right from your car, boat or RV. Perfect for weekend use and life on the road. They're also great for power outages. 400 Watts continuous power to run AC appliances right from your car, boat or RV. Click to enlarge. | Two separate outlets. Click to enlarge. | Connects directly to your vehicle's battery. Click to enlarge. | Whistler Power Inverters For many of us, a vehicle is more than just transportation. It can be a mobile office, communications or entertainment center, or simply an expression of our personality. Whistler products are designed to make the time you spend in your vehicle more productive, more fulfilling, safer, or just simply more fun. Whistler's mission is to provide products that improve your driving experience. Whistler offers a complete line of DC to AC inverters ranging in capacity from 100 Watts to 3000 Watts. These inverters offer advanced technology, dependable operation and will provide years of reliable service when used in accordance with their operating instructions. PI-400 Features - Full Output Power--Other inverters have reduced output over time.
- High Surge
- Cooling fan
- Ground Fault Sensing
- 20 Amp Power Requirement--at rated output
Electronic Circuit Protection - Overload Protection
Inverter will automatically shut down if load exceeds inverter rating.
- Smart Surge Control
Inverter will attempt to start loads above the continuous rating for up to 10 seconds.
- Voltage Protection
Whenever the input exceeds 15 volts DC or is less than 10 volts, the inverter will automatically shutdown.
- Short Circuit Protection
Automatically shuts down until short circuit is removed.
- Thermal Cutoff
Automatically shuts down if internal temperature exceeds safe design parameters. What's in the Box Whistler PI-400 400 Watt power inverter, User's Manual
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Works Great! March 8, 2010 Kenneth E. Schmidt (Mililani, HI United States) I bought this Item to power my laptop in my truck. It works Great so far and I have no complaints.
Fans! March 3, 2010 Maximillian A. Dragonovich, III (WM Square) My only issue with this unit is that it's fans are always on. I was working in my truck and there's no where to hide this thing where I'm not worried about it overheating. I ended up putting in my in-ear headphones to drown it out... but it does exactly what it's supposed to do and handles a pretty good load for the price.
Great while it lasts. February 23, 2010 Christopher Diaz (Glendale,NY (Queens)) I must say I really liked this inverter from Whistler. It performed very well in daily use. I used in My street sweeper that I drive in NYC for 8 hour work days. It worked awesomely to power my desk radio and Hamilton Beach air purifier. I started using June 1st 2009 and it lasted until just after Christmas. I loved the whistle it gave if my battery was low however it was the same whistle that would announce its death followed by horrible electrical smoke and smell. I was going to attempt to submit a warranty request but I have since lost the inverter altogether. I would have put five stars if it never burnt out yet I won't put one star because I never found out the warranty experience. So it's three stars.
Very Disappointed December 24, 2009 Stacy Spear (metro Atlanta) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this device after years of having a much lower power model work great and this one had good reviews.
For lower power applications it has worked weeks flawlessly. Today I finally needed to use it for what I purchased it for. Startup watts on my device is 380 watts and continuous power is around 200. Well under the 800 watt peak of this unit. It died on within a second. Thinking the fuse had blown, I popped it out and it isn't. The unit itself is blown. I hope I'm within the return period and if they don't replace this one, it will be my last purchase of one of their products.
Manufacturer has some quality control issues December 18, 2009 Got2Shop 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This unit comes with a car cigarette lighter adapter which connects to the unit via ring terminals at the end of its 2 + and - cables. Well, I connected the adapter ring terminals to the unit, and both adapter cables detached from their ring terminals at the same time. Looks like the ring terminals were not crimped to their cables properly. Easy to just get new ring terminals and re-crimp, but this sort of thing should not happen to brand-new stuff.
The vent holes on the side of the unit are not in a straight line, they look like they were drilled by someone holding a drill rather than on an assembly line machine. I bet this product is manufactured by hand with very basic tools rather than on a modern assembly line.
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