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500W 12VDC to 230VAC Pure Sine Wave Inverter - Electrically Isolated - $99 C&C Only @ Jaycar

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500W 12VDC to 230VAC Pure Sine Wave Inverter - Electrically Isolated - $99 C&C Only @ Jaycar
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mickyb80 on 01/03/2024 - 19:13 jaycar.com.au (637 clicks)
Last edited 01/03/2024 - 19:21 by 1 other user

WAS $249 - Sale - $99

As I always say - take it or leave it…
For "this Jaycar model - not a bad price"…

500W 12VDC to 230VAC Pure Sine Wave Inverter - Electrically Isolated
CAT.NO: MI5734

A quality 12V pure sine wave inverter suitable for mobile or permanent power installations.

Inverters
Output Wave: Pure sinewave
Low Battery Shutdown: 10V
High Battery Shutdown: 15V
Output Frequency: 50Hz
External Casing: bolt down
Includes USB Charge Port

Power Conversion and Transformation
Type of converter or transformer: inverter

AC Voltage Rating
AC Voltage rating: 230V
AC Frequency: 50Hz

Power Rating
Maximum Power: 1000W
Continuous Power: 500W

Vehicle or Vessel Powered
Vehicle Connection: Alligator Clips
Required Voltage: 11V-15V
Lead Included

AC Current Rating
AC current rating: 2.2A

Product Dimensions
Weight: 960g
Width: 240mm
Height: 60mm
Depth: 100mm

Product Availability
Availability: Stocked item

Packaged Dimensions
Packaged Volume: 2.511784l
Packaged Weight: 1.168kg
Packaged Length: 25.3cm
Packaged Width: 14.6cm
Packaged Height: 6.8cm

Electrical & Electronics Power Inverter

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closed Comments

  • King Tightarse on 01/03/2024 - 19:23
    +1

    How is the quality of this Powertech one? Do you know if it is any good?
    Lots of 500w Pure Sine Waves on eBay from $50 up but I probably wouldn't risk the no namers with 240v

  • BinChicken69 on 01/03/2024 - 19:32
    +3

    Flogged my 2000w powertech inverter. Still going strong after some time. Im gonna grab this for the littke stuff. Thanks for the find

    • mickyb80 on 02/03/2024 - 14:25

      Np!
      Picked mine up today.
      Stock ia running out.
      Only 1 left at my local qhen i was there. Rest ordered overnight. Hahah wonder if this had anything to do with it? Lol

      • beach bum on 02/03/2024 - 15:03
        +1

        Remember RTM ( Road Tech Marine ) is their Sister Store and stock Powertech inverters , they will be available there for he same price if you ask .

  • OzBargainer4Eva on 01/03/2024 - 19:48

    May i ask what is this for?

    I would like to take it not leave it.

    • Ahbal on 01/03/2024 - 20:00
      +2

      Connect to a 12v battery with enough continuous discharge capacity, and it will be able to run 240v (mains) devices up to 250 - 300w.

      For inverters, you ideally want the inverter to be rated at double what you are continuously pulling off it.

      I would recommend picking up a separate AGM battery if you are intending to use this in a car continuously.. Inverters will drain your car battery quickly, and car batteries are not designed for constant load, they're designed for peak discharge.

      Edit - forgot to mention the most common use for these is using power tool battery fast chargers in a vehicle.

    • Launchroach on 01/03/2024 - 20:02

      Converts 12v (eg Car battery) into 230v (household mains power) allowing you to run small house hold appliances or charge laptop, camera batteries etc. Great for travelling on the road. Keep in mind it can only support up to 500w so any appliances that needs more power will blow the fuse and possibly ruin the unit

    • Igaf on 02/03/2024 - 15:33

      Two things for newbies to be aware of OB4E.
      Inverters consume energy, efficiency varies from ~60-90%.
      The 240V coming out of them is the same as in your home, ie it can kill (very rare).

  • Spacexyz on 01/03/2024 - 19:59

    How can I fit this sort of thing into a Yaris? Any fire hazards?

    • Launchroach on 01/03/2024 - 20:04
      +2

      Yeah you can but double check your battery is able to output 42a continuously. Recommended to run with a dual battery setup or while car is running

      • Franc-T on 02/03/2024 - 15:44

        Wouldnt a Yaris' battery be absolutely tiny

    • zombie hunter on 02/03/2024 - 08:24
      -1

      Need to upgrade the battery from couple of d cells to real car battery. I wouldnt recommend it battery too small

      • ozhunter68 on 02/03/2024 - 10:11

        If you do make sure the have suitable heavy duty cable and fuse.

  • Italkdigital on 01/03/2024 - 20:12
    -1

    So a gaming PC with a 300 watt powersupply im guessing should be ok with this unit, cheers

    • tunzafun001 on 01/03/2024 - 20:36
      +2

      I went with a 2.5kw nominal/ 5kw max inverter from Kogan for $200. Chucked it in the PHEV. Construction is really good. Cables nice and thick (pumping over 200 amps). Flogged it making car toasties, full barista coffee machine and 240v power tools. Ran the hole house off it during a black out. 12v battery is still fine as well.
      Summary, if you can spend $200 ..do it…almost everything is usable then.

      • Italkdigital on 01/03/2024 - 20:56

        Thanks well for $100 more seems more worth it over this one, by chance know of any websites or recommendations on a 2.5KW unit? Thanks for your advise too 👍

        • DannyBoy on 01/03/2024 - 23:24
          -1

          I'd say his joking

        • tunzafun001 on 02/03/2024 - 01:10

          I signed up for a Kogan credit card and it came with a $200 credit. I got an Elinz branded unit for $200. Looks like they are over $300 now. But they still have their Giantz pure sine inverters for $200ish.

    • Clear on 01/03/2024 - 22:00
      +3

      I recharge my escooter perfectly fine via solar, batteries and an inverter like this.

  • Tricon on 01/03/2024 - 20:53
    +3

    Hopefully, the device will be more efficient than the user manual. The user manual is a 6-page PDF requiring 56MB.

  • bUrd on 01/03/2024 - 21:54
    +5

    Have one of these and rarely use it, but it's an absolute necessity when needed. Living in a town with dodgy power we can have times of 6+ hours without power over winter. Gas hot water has electric ignition, so run this from the car and a loooooong extension to the HWS, and another extension cord so we can charge the phones.

  • beach bum on 01/03/2024 - 22:15
    +1

    People also selling these new on eBay ,
    where you can make an offer on a lot of the listings .
    I got a 1000W one for $80 -$5 plus voucher last year ,
    so it may be worth trying that .

    • King Tightarse on 01/03/2024 - 23:21

      Powetech pure sine wave?

      • beach bum on 01/03/2024 - 23:43
        +1

        Yes , a Blue Powertech pure sign wave .
        I killed a couple of smaller Powertech 300w ones by plugging some high draw stuff in with the switch turned on , on the inverter .
        I think jaycar replaced one for me .
        Probably just a fuse and was going to pull apart and have a look , but had the spare 1000w in the cupboard and ended up chucking the old one
        Throw some offers out if you’re keen and see what happens .

        • King Tightarse on 02/03/2024 - 00:16

          I had a sniff around eBay. Seem to be around $150 at the moment but its a good lead.
          I will keep an eye out for the 1000 watters

          • beach bum on 02/03/2024 - 01:04
            +1

            @King Tightarse: I believe they must be dirt cheap coming out of china , and there’s not a big demand for what’s seen as a basic , off brand inverter .
            I’d be throwing offers out on the larger ones that are available .
            Even if it’s 1/3 or even 1/4 of what there asking for 1500w or 2000w and see how keen they are to move old stock .
            I mean jcar sales are half price and even less now so I wouldn’t be put off by what their asking price is .

        • beach bum on 02/03/2024 - 12:11

          Possibly an even better option

          • ozhunter68 on 02/03/2024 - 12:13

            @beach bum: Cant compare but has been great for me and many others in the know.

            • beach bum on 02/03/2024 - 12:20
              +1

              @ozhunter68: Sounds good ,
              I’m sure there’s plenty of reviews online for anyone who interested and /or forums discussing these things .
              I only started using Powertech inverters around the shed because there’s a J-Car local to me .
              But in my 4wd canopy I use a 2000w Enerdrive .
              Though many people use these smaller and cheaper brands and there fine ,
              and cheap to replace on the off chance of failure .

  • mickyb80 on 01/03/2024 - 22:38
    +5

    Not sure why down vote or members are trashing the 500w. Ha!
    Lets get some reality and perspective here.

    Smaller 500w units are VERY hand for some of us.

    Charging smaller units and/or battery units, tablets, pc's, etc.

    No! You wont be running a 250lt fridge off it. eye roll… but are you carrying one around on the back seat?

    If you have a protable fridge, then you should be running the appropriate power unit for that. E.g. Rovin units (if you are a lover of Jaycar), or you probably have your van/caravan/trailer of motor home decked out anyways.

    Charging power tools or the likes for a 'non tradie' will be fine from this unit.

    For me, its a case of having 1 or 2 around the hoise to throw in the cars as needed, to keep my PC device charger. But many other uses.

    Again, take it or leave it, but lets make sure we have our common sense hats on, yeah?

    Hope this helps those thst are unsure also.

    • rhangman on 02/03/2024 - 09:29
      +1

      Inefficient though connecting a DC charger to a DC battery via an inverter and SMPS. Sure guess this has a USB port which you could use to charge some stuff, but likely a pretty crappy port. Any half decent 12V USB adapter connected directly to the battery would work better. Even a PC. Got a low end Ryzen APU here. Needed it in a tiny case, so just fitted a PicoPSU with an external 12V adapter. No AC power required. Same applies for any monitor with an external AC adapter. Just need a boost converter to step up to 19V. Only thing I can think of really for a small pure sine inverter would be a small AC fan. Won't pull that many watts and would run like crap off of a cheaper simulated sine inverter. Again though, a DC fan would be much better and anything else with an AC motor like power tools would be more than 500W.

    • tfyoung on 02/03/2024 - 15:44

      No! You wont be running a 250lt fridge off it. eye roll… but are you carrying one around on the back seat?

      Err, well I just ran my 490l fridge off one for 6 hours during a power cut just today. It was mostly not even running the cooling fan. Modern fridges don't draw that much.

  • mickyb80 on 01/03/2024 - 22:43
    +2

    Oh, and for the money at $99, the quality of this unit is pretty good.
    Given some of the cheaper 50$ or so units a crack, and they have simply crapped out.
    This has a 1000w surge/max rating. So check the specs on the cheaper units to ensure they are not 200w or similar with a max of 500w.

    (Note, this unit is not designed to run at a constant 1000w, rather 500w, so not to be confused).

  • Herp on 03/03/2024 - 18:34
    +1

    Grabbed one up since I've been thinking about it for a while. Don't want to run anything crazy, mainly want it for things which are too difficult/can't be bothered to convert to 12v e.g. electric toothbrush charger. As with every electronic thing I buy I took it apart and was happy with the construction and overall it seems pretty solid.

    A good use for these smaller ones is running 1 or 2 cordless tool battery chargers because (at least with Milwaukee) the 12v chargers are so slow they're almost useless. Milwaukee quotes in the range of 4+ hours for a 9AH battery which isn't good enough for our crews when an inverter + super charger could do it in under an hour.

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