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Xantrex Technologies XPower Plus 400-Watt Inverter #851-0400
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List Price: $59.99
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Product Details
- Binding: Tools & Hardware
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- Brand: Xantrex
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- EAN: 0715535111359
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- Features: 400-watt inverter for converting DC to AC power, Power electronic gear and appliances while on the road, Conveniently plugs into car cigarette lighter, Automatically detects low-vehicle battery to avoid depletion, Measures 5.9-by-4.1-by-2.2 inches; weighs 2.4 pounds; 1-year warranty
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- Label: Xantrex Technologies
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- Manufacturer: Xantrex Technologies
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- Model: 851-0400
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- Product Group: Home Improvement
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- Publisher: Xantrex Technologies
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- Studio: Xantrex Technologies
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- Title: Xantrex Technologies XPower Plus 400-Watt Inverter #851-0400
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- UPC: 715535111359
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Product Description: The Xantrex Technologies XPower Plus 400-watt inverter provides portable power for trucks, RVs, boats, and minivans. By plugging the inverter directly into your vehicle's 12-volt cigarette lighter, you can turn your vehicle into a mobile office and operate devices such as a 27-inch TV or 20-inch TV/DVD combo, a camcorder, and a laptop computer. This compact, lightweight unit automatically senses low battery voltage so you never have to worry about a depleted battery. It's a quiet alternative to noisy, gas-powered generators; it will provide hours of emergency power during snowstorms or blackouts. The high-efficiency design transfers 90-percent of the battery's power to your equipment, providing 400 watts for 5 minutes, 600 watts surge for easy startups, and 300 watts continuous power for operating appliances. An automatic shutdown mechanism protects against overload, over-temperature and low battery conditions. The inverter is equipped with two 3-prong grounded AC outlets, a DC outlet and hardwire applications. The durable plastic unit is 5.9-by-4.1-by-2.2 inches in size and just 2.4 pounds in weight. It is covered by a 1-year warranty.
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Customer Reviews
Best kept secret
This little device can replace all of those specialty adapters for your portable game machines, cell phones, etc. When taking a trip recently my son was able to pacify himself with his laptop and gameboy while staying connected to this handly little device. With two connections you can have more than one device connected simultaneously.
It works exactly as advertised. This is a little know secret and if more widely know would replace all of those other mobile adapters that individually cost as much as this device alone.
It is easy to install, not very large and very little noise. The only noticeable noise was when it heated up there was some fan noise but not loud enough to be disturbing.
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Solid and reliable
Good, solid charger. Sometimes makes some fan noise, if my laptop starts pulling hard. No real complaints.
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Works great with Xbox
This inverter worked great with an Xbox (v1, haven't tried it with a 360 yet). Just plug a power strip into it if the sockets are too close together :)
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Great bang for the buck!
This came in real handy on a road trip to Dallas, kept the laptop running without any problems watching several DVD's. The cooling fan can be heard if you have the music down but not enough to bother me. The fan cycles on and off depending on load and cooling needs.
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Great to power laptop, speakers. Outlets are too close together.
Purchased this for a trip from NJ out to Pittsburgh, then on to Chicago and back. We have 2 children we were going to purchase DVD players for, but I decided to use my IBM Lenovo Thinkpad from work to let them watch from the back seat of the car. Problem was that the battery would only last about 2 hours or so and the sound out of the laptop was non-existant with the road noise. Enter this beauty!
I was able to power both the laptop and a set of external speakers. Imagine the kids wanting to get into the car because watching movies in the car was a novelty. Not one single time did we hear "Are we there yet?". 6+ hours to Pitt, then 7+ hours onto Chi. 13+ hours back. I was even able to recharge my blackberry from the other outlet (albeit with an extension cord attached)
Only two issues. I have a Sirius radio and there was a lot of interference with the inverter turned on. The laptop and the speakers were ok, just could not stand the static this caused with the Sirius radio.
Second issue is that the outlets are placed too close together. If your plugs have an girth, don't expect to get them both in. I purchased a very short extension cord so I could gain access to more outlets.
Overall, VERY GOOD PRODUCT! Would purchase again, no buyers remorse here.
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