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Your cart is empty.3.6 out of 5 stars
- #809,578 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
- #396 in Solar & Wind Power Inverters
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Horst Horstmann
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2024
As other reviewers mentioned, this inverter can't handle surges or supply even close to 700W.I have a 500W ebike charger that I used to run on a 500W inverter. I didn't want to run it at its maximum rating, so decided to "upgrade" to this 700W inverter. Does not work at all, it beeps as soon as I connect the ebike charger and shows "OL". I played with different power adaptors and the highest I could get it to was 450W, adding anything more leads to beeping and the thing shutting off.
AD
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2024
This inverter works well as long as you hook it up to either a small load or a load that ramps up slowly. Unfortunately, it keeps getting overloaded whenever my refrigerators compressor turns on. There's a brief surge in power draw into the 200W range and then it quickly ramps back down to around 80W. That little blip in power draw causes the inverter to beep and reset.I have since repurposed this inverter to drive an array of emergency LED lights instead, which it does rather well, but so would a cheaper 300W pure sine wave inverter.
Adam Folts
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
Just wanted to say, a bunch of reviewers were complaining that the bolts couldnt be tightened because they were circular. Well just like their batteries, the circular plastic knobs are just covers that can easily be removed by pulling on them to expose the nut for torquing the terminals down.Also, idk why but they include 10awg cables for connecting to the battery. 10awg is rated for 30 amps. 30A times 12v is 360w... not 700. You're better off to get some 6awg wire, some quality copper lugs, and some heat shrink to make your own connection cable.
KS Ming
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2023
I used my Siglent Oscilloscope to test the AC output and it is pure sine wave, but I noticed that sine wave had a very small fluctuating in voltage. I dont think it will cause any issue.
Rob H
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2023
2024-08-04 UPDATE:In a recent power outage lasting 18 hours in the extreme heat of the Arizona desert, I used this inverter to power my garage fridge.It had no issues starting the compressor and it ran the fridge fine. When running, the fridge pulls an average of 155 watts.I did have one issue with this, though, and that was the size of the included battery cables. They're advertised as 7 AWG, which is a size I've never seen in person nor on any wire charts. It could be I wasn't looking for 7 gauge, but the probably is in order to run a full 700 watts, you need a 6 gauge copper cable. It doesn't say if this cable is copper or aluminum, but it's not the right size.During this power outage, the temps were above 114˚F which is hot enough to make gear like this run even hotter than it normally would. I know the inverter was running hot because the plastic cap on the negative lead melted to the bolt head. A properly sized cable would have helped.I'm still giving this a 5 star review because it does what it says it will do and has the capacity to start a fridge compressor (at least the one in my garage).--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is a great inverter for small power needs. The voltage and power output was spot on: 120V for AC and 5V for USB. I connected a tower fan I have that is sensitive to "bad power" and it ran fine. The RPMs got up to where they needed to be and the inverter had no issues. Tested the USB voltage and it was right where it needed to be, too.Ran a 100W LED work light and the tower fan with no issues, once running. Running this off a cigarette lighter plug, it was pulling a total of 111 watts, which is about the limit of a 12VDC plug. The inverter made no noise or humming.I didn't like the plastic-coated nuts on the terminals, as getting them tight enough seems like it might be an issue. "Hand tight" works, but after some time and vibration, these might become loose. Seems like this could have been done better.
ChasD
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2023
Mounting this in my RV that does not have an inverter installed. This fills the gap for "most" appliances (e.g. coffee grinder, low-wattage coffee maker, fan, etc.) that I want to run when not connected to shore power or have my generator running to provide on-board AC.Well built (seems like all LiTime products are good!) and simple operation. Displays show input and output voltage and there is a built-in alarm when either are reaching a point where the inverter will no longer operate - depending on the load you are running, that alarm may sound for 30 seconds to several minutes before it will auto-shutdown.My only dissatisfaction is that the battery post connector nuts are "smooth orbs" of plastic versus knurled knobs that allow you to better grip them when tightening down the connection but I can certainly live with that. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
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