I think they forgot the filtering circuitry :surprise: Looks like a DC square wave if I've ever seen one. I've had problems at work with an Uninterruptable Power Supply that put out this kind of signal - not enough of an AC component to pull in a timing relay. I wouldn't plug anything into this that doesn't have an additional power supply involved.
That the built in inverter is a modified sine wave (which :ford:tells you when you read the fine print). A fine thing for some applications, but not for many. It is the typical design of less-expensive inverters, any thing you'd find without specifically looking for a true sine wave inverter and the lower electronic noise the comes with it.
It seems like some "smart" chargers for some laptops, tablets, camera, quadcopter batteries get confused by modified sine wave. The end effect may be that the "charging" light comes on but it really doesn't charge.
At 400 watts you're not going to get much out of it anyway. On larger inverters MSW is often a problem for fridge compressors and microwaves. At 400 W you won't be running them. What you may see is that some wall wart chargers will get unusually hot.
In my F450 the inverter is located under the back passenger seat (curb side). It is covered by a plastic cover which I'm unsure of how to remove it (two day old truck so don't want to 'break it' quite yet LOL.
I'm also interested in getting a better inverter, is possible. Last thing I need is a Li-Ion battery in a laptop or phone get too hot.
Bump for more info on the samlex. The stock inverter is a bit of a joke. Won't power my laptop or my dewalt batter chargers. I'm very interested in this Samlex.
square wave inverter, most of the cheaper ones do no put out a true sine wave
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