Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #120611 in Automotive
- Brand: Wagan
- Model: EL2601
- Released on: 2012-04-27
- Dimensions: 4.25" h x
2.50" w x
7.00" l,
2.80 pounds
Features
- Two 120 Volt AC outlets plus a 2.1 amps USB power port (compatible with iPad/tablets and Kindle/e-readers)
- Provides 400 Watts continuous power and 800 Watts peak surge power
- Built in mounting brackets
- Run your home appliances from your vehicle
- Item is covered by a 2 year warranty
Product Description
Wagan Elite 400 Watt Pro pure sine inverter is perfect for recharging devices on the go and for people with mobile lifestyles. Run your home appliances from your vehicle. Simply plug the inverter into the 12 Volt DC socket (up to 150 Watt) or attach directly to the vehicle battery with the alligator clamps (included). Provides 400 Watt continuous power and 800 Watt peak surge power. Features two 120 Volt AC outlets and USB power port (5V 2.1A) to power appliances such as iPad and other tablets, Kindle and other e-readers, cell phones, LCD televisions, MP3 player, video games, laptop, light bulb, etc. Includes several other features such as overload, overheat and low battery protection. Plus it includes built-in mounting brackets, grounding terminal, and neutral to ground bone (for marine applications). Wagan Elite pure sine inverters are ideal for sensitive electronics. Designed to be efficient, the pure sine technology allows appliances to recharge faster, save energy costs and extend the life of appliances. Electronics run cooler, quieter and cleaner when running on pure sine power. Wagan pure sine inverters are especially designed to increase efficiency and running time of electronic appliances and motors. These inverters operate at less than 3 to 5 percent of total harmonic distortion on average and 90 percent efficiency across the line. This item is covered by a 2 year warranty. Note: If your vehicle has a built-in 15A fuse, do not exceed 180 watts on the cigarette lighter adapter. Any appliance running 150W from the cigarette lighter will run hot on a standard cigarette lighter adapter cable. 2 power adapter connections are included: a DC plug for up to 140 watts through a 12v socket, and battery clips for up to 400 watts.
Customer Reviews
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By majormusiclover
There are two points that struck me to mention first.~ 1. The obvious ~ But in this case more critical then usual.Be sure to always attach the polarity connection correctly, red to red & black to black.General instruction: (pg 3) 'Incorrect battery polarity will damage the inverter & void the warranty.Do not open the inverter, there are no user serviceable parts inside.This inverter has 'reverse polarity protection' by means of an internal fuse, but the instructions state:(pg 7 #2) 'Reverse polarity connection will blow the fuse in the inverter & can permanently damage the inverter.Damage caused by reverse polarity will void the warranty'~ 2. All WAGAN Corporation products must be registered within 30 days of purchase to activate the warranty.Replacement products will be in warranty for the balance of the original 2 year warranty.This is an nice inverter, with more available wattage then our family would commonly need on a road trip.But this is also handy to run our desktop computer (approx 300 watts) and a lamp (approx 100 watts)for a while during a power outage.It will provide a suggested 140 watts plugged in the cigarette lighter, (Not to exceed 150 watts)That amount will power a medium size LCD -T.V. (approx 70 watts) ~ OR a laptop computer (approx 90 watts)plus other items at the same time up to 140 watts.The inverter has a USB power port compatible with iPad & tablet, for charging mobile electronics,but this kit doesn't include the USB cable that would be needed.For additional wattage over 140 up to the 400 watts this inverter will provide,it needs to be connected to the automobile/boat/RV battery (neutral to ground bond for marine applications)~ 1. Included are two cables ~ a 42" cigarette lighter/accessory adapter & 31" long battery cable clips.There is adequate holding of the ring connectors on the threaded terminals of 3 1/4 turns when onlyone set of cables at a time are connected.~ 2. The inverter runs up to 90% efficiency which supports longer running time & greater care of the battery.~ 3. Inverter has Two AC outlets which provide up to 3.3 amps.~ 4. One USB port which powers up to 5 volts at 2.1 Amps.~ 5. Short circuit protection is by means of automatic shut down.~ 6. Overload, overheat and low battery protection ~ automatic shut down.~ 7. If shut down is preceded by a buzzing sound it's possible there's excessive load or a low battery or cable problem.~ 8. All inverters will automatically shut off when the battery discharges to 9.5 volts.This lower remaining amount of battery voltage will still start the vehicle.~ 9. For T.V. and audio equipment the inverter is shielded to minimize signal interference,but it may effect T.V. picture anyway.Wagan offers suggestions what to do, among others ~ move the T.V. away from the inverter by running an extension cordbetween the inverter and T.V.~ 10. To help reduce the noise caused by power conversion when using radio frequency devices ~connect an insulated copper wire to the ground terminal ~ and the other end should be connectedto a proper grounding point.Some examples are listed. The harmonic distortion is 3% which is rather high.A start-up load is approximately twice the continuous load which is why this inverter has a peak of 800 watts.Wagan suggests to determine if an item will operate with this inverter, do a test run."This inverter will automatically shut down in the event of an output overload, so there's no danger of damagingeither the inverter or the equipment." A red LED light signals a fault.BUT ~ DON'T exceed 800 watts which will blow a fuse.To do the math ~ multiply the amps listed on the item times 120 (120V AC) to finds the wattsAll Wagan Tech® inverters feature True-rated Power(tm). Which means power is tested and rated at a periodof 24 hours continuous usage under full load.Wagan says the competition claims "continuous", when in fact, they are often only 30 minutes "continuous".Afterwords, the competition's output wattage will drop down as much as 30% of the claimed wattage
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By R. Sutton
Up Front: I found the Wagan 2601 Elite 400 Watt PRO Pure Sine Wave Power Inverter well built and easy to install in my RV.Before installing the unit I put it on the bench with a steady input voltage of 12.9 volts DC. With no load on the unit I measured 124 volts AC. I attached a 300 watt TV and again measured the output voltage and it remained steady at 119 Volts. Adding a 100 watt light bulb to the load dropped the voltage to 115 volts. The unit was warm approaching very warm to the touch after a 400 watt constant load of 2 hours.The unit is not a silent inverter. It's not loud, but you know it's running. The noise is mostly from the fan I suspect. It comes with a cigarette lighter plug, as well as battery clamps. I ran #12 wiring to the battery bank in the RV. In an auto using the cigarette lighter plug I suspect the output voltage will be dependent on the size wiring from the cigarette lighter outlet to the vehicles battery. For a full 400 watt output it might need a heavier wire connection then most 12 Volt DC outlets are supplied with. One item of note: When plugged into the autos cigarette lighter outlet and using a full 400 watt device that has a higher surge to start up, it may overload the vehicles cigarette outlet fuse and blow the fuse. I was not able to measure the amps the unit draws however so this is speculation.Installation is straight forward and the mounting brackets on the unit are strong and helpful.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By E. moczydlowski
wagon elite pure sine inverters are great.though they could improve upon by raising the instantaneous surge duration value they are ahead of the competition in every way i believe.this particular inverter is a slight improvement over its earlier model. in that it has a convenient grounding terminal and some other improvements.
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