Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #295634 in Automotive
- Brand: Schumacher
- Model: XI41DU
Features
- 820 watt peak and 410 continuous watts
- Two 120 volt AC household outlet
- Digital display is easy to read
- Built-in high speed cooling fan
- Low battery alarm and cut off
Product Description
This Schumacher DC to AC power inverter has a 820 watt peak and 410 continuous watts. The unit features two 120 volt AC household outlet and a USB port. The digital display is easy to read and the built-in high speed fan keeps the inverter cool. The thermal and surge protection offers better safety. A low battery alarm, cut off and high battery voltage shutdown ensures proper use. The inverter connects with 12 volt plug or clamps.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Works Well - Fairly Rugged
By Millstonemike
I run this inverter off a 18AH AGM sealed lead acid battery to power a boombox at the beach. I've used it every weekend for two summers and never had a problem. It gets packed and unpacked with the other beach gear and dragged 1/3 of a mile to the water's edge each trip. I haven't had a problem with sand or summer heat. I do keep it in the shade to keep the sun from heating it up.The digital display is very useful - watts out to the boombox and battery voltage. I've compared the unit's dc battery voltage display to an external volt meter and they are in sync within 0.1 volts so the unit is fairly accurate. It shuts down at a low battery voltage of 10.5 volts exactly as it should. The boom box normally draws about 30 watts (2.5 amps @ 12 volts) and maxium of 60 watts (5 amps at 12 volts). It powers the unit most of the day - a function of the battery's capacity. The fan only comes on when needed for cooling so users with a light load like mine won't have annoying fan noise. I have had the fan turn on automatically on heavier loads.The first thing all users should know - all the dual outlet power inverters can only supply half the power rating to each AC receptacle. That is, a 400 watt unit can only power 200 watts to each receptacle. This fact is not usually stated except, perhaps, in the manual.The second thing all users should know - never reverse the plus/minus connections when attaching the battery. Yes safety fuses will blow, but damage will likely occur anyway to sensitive circuits inside and the unit will die.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Please read manual before using
By Billy Uttz
When using the vehicle's 12 volt accessory port, this inverter is designed to supply 60 to 70 watts when the vehicle is not running. With the vehicle's engine running, it can supply up to 100 watts. To use the full output, you must connect the inverter directly to your battery.(straight out of manual). Inverter works great for us we have 20 trucks and 20 inverters.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Worked well for me
By Tafa
I have had mine for well over a year now and it has always worked well. How much watage you can get from it when using a lighter socket is a function of your vehicles wiring - the unit does not know what it is plugged into. if your load is more than about 100 watts, you should connect it direct to the battery.Some cheaper units do not shut down the inverter if they detect low voltage. This unit will shut itself off when it detects low voltage. This can be annoying if you are powering something that doesnt care about the quality of output power but for many electronic devices, this feature can save from damaging what you have plugged into it. Again, the detected voltage at the lighter socket has to do with your car's wiring - not the inverter (other thah the fact that it has a low voltage shutoff circuit).I gave it four stars instead of 5 because when it does detect a low voltage condition and shuts off, it doesn't turn itself back on when the voltage returns to normal. For me, this happens when I start the car with the inverter connected directly to the battery. While starting, the voltage goes low for a moment then returns to normal. This means that I have to get out of the car (I use the inverter while parked and keep it undet the hood, connected to the battery), open the hood and press the power button. Perhaps this wouldn't be required if this just had a simple on/off toggle switch.
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