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Black & Decker PI400AB 400 Watt Power Inverter
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$61.61
$38.95*
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| Part No: | B000WSF1ZY |
| Manufacturer: | Black & Decker |
| MFG Part: | PI400AB |
| Customer Rating: | 2.0 / 5.0 |
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- Converts vehicle's 12-volt DC power into household 115 volt AC power
- Dual AC & USB outlets power and/or recharge personal electronics
- Low battery shutdown prevents total battery drain
- Electrical fault interrupter circuit
- High and low volatge protection
mfr: Vector 400 Watt Power Inverter / 800 Watt Peak
• Converts vehicle's 12 volt DC power into household 115 volt AC power
• Dual AC & USB outlets power and/or recharge personal electronics
• Low battery shutdown prevents total battery drain
• Electrical fault interrupter circuit
• High and low voltage protection
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| Buyer Beware. | 2010-09-06 | 1 / 5 |
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| I have worked with inverters for many years. I never imagined I would be as disappointed in an inverter as I have been disappointed in the Black and Decker PI400AB. Ordinarily I take precautions to avoid reversing the DC polarity on the inverter. Unfortunately I was in a hurry one dark evening to power up the inverter and I accidentally switched the plus and minus supply wires for just a fraction of a second. The inverter had no load on it at the time, but the reversal was enough to fry the unit. At first I thought that just replacing the fuses would fix the unit. However, the fuses are heavily soldered in and nearly inaccessible. Also I picked up an odor of a burned component, so obviously the fuses did not protect anything. What a terrible design for an inverter! |
| Not good, do not use unloaded. | 2010-09-03 | 2 / 5 |
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I can get this inverter to work in my cigarette lighter, just don't plug it in and turn it on without something (laptop,etc) hooked into the AC outlet and powered on.
When this inverter turns on, unloaded, it draws a huge spike in current and will blow the fuse to your cigarette lighter immediately. Not fun when your radio runs on the same fuse!
I'm not happy at all with this product, but I bought it ages ago at a Lowe's and can no longer return it. Two stars because with proper technique it has purpose. |
| Short life | 2010-08-24 | 2 / 5 |
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| I have had this less than 2 years, and have used it very little, and it no longer works. It shuts off as if the battery voltage is low, but I have tried it on three different sources, including a batter with a power supply attached, so I know that low voltage is not a problem. Also, as someone else noted, it is fairly loud. I was using it to power a video camera and had to move the inverter to the back of the car to ensure I was not picking up the noise on my camera. It has a 2-year warranty, so perhaps satisfaction will yet be achieved. |
| If you have a laptop computer... | 2010-08-20 | 1 / 5 |
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If you're buying this product to be able and use your laptop in your vehicle... just forget it. I dont care what the box says... I dont care that they show a picture of a girl on the box using a laptop... It will NOT work. You can plug in a fan (which they say has over 3 times the amount of wattage... and THAT works... but when you plug in your laptop, the light goes red. It's a useless piece of junk.
Dont waste your money. You'll get more use out of the 100 than the 400 any day of the week.
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| Doesn't work as described | 2010-07-13 | 1 / 5 |
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I am going on a long trip for my sisters wedding and wanted to use my laptop during the 12 hour car ride.
Bought this thing with the promise that it would supply power to my measly 65 Watt HP. It showed on the case and on the back of the box that it would supply power to a laptop.
We went to give it a try and the power constantly tripped off. Learned that anything over 80 watts needs the direct battery connection. Didn't say that on the box, but it shouldn't have mattered, as my computer is only 65 watts.
We tried several times and couldn't get it to work. We are taking it back to Walmart (where we got it) and we ended up getting the Sears DieHard 140 Watt for half the price. It powers my computer just fine without a single hitch. On top of that, it was almost half the price.
Overall lesson, don't get it as it seems to be highly unreliable. |
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