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Forum Index : Electronics : New Old Stock power jack inverter
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| BenandAmber Guru  Joined: 16/02/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 961 |
 Look at what I've come across Amber has heard so much about Power Jack she just had to buy it I know there's a few experts on this inverter on hear We would love to hear from you on how we can make it better So please let us know what u think This is Amber's baby so she will be doing all the upgrades I hope with all the good advice she can make this a good reliable inverter It should be here in two days Thanks everyone be warned i am good parrot but Dumber than a box of rocks |
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LadyN Guru Joined: 26/01/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 408 |
I would love to hear how this inverter provides service. Sub'd |
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| noneyabussiness Guru Joined: 31/07/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 513 |
oztules pj experience I think it works !! |
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mackoffgrid Guru Joined: 13/03/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 460 |
Power Jacks are like a box of chocolates  |
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yahoo2 Guru Joined: 05/04/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1166 |
I would not open the box and send it back. its not that it is totally useless its just that it will never be a dump truck or a ferrari. if you change the control board and the transformer and the case to turn it into a real inverter about all that is left is a few cables some heat sinks a few caps and mosfets and the power board. I'm confused, no wait... maybe I'm not... |
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| BenandAmber Guru Joined: 16/02/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 961 |
Yahoo2 thanks for your input the wife is very happy to get this Power Jack 48 volt she was very excited that she found one that we could afford we been looking for one for a long time it's really hard to find a 48 volt 1 unless you want to pay around $1,000 shipping and all this one was under 350 bucks The biggest thing we will be running is a mini split If we can get 3000 watt continuous out of this we will be more than happy she's already talking about rewinding a new Transformer for it it may be junk for some people but it put a big smile on her face she's so excited to get started on it and that was worth the 350 bucks Yahoo this will just have to do for us we just can't afford the good stuff and we both enjoy fixing stuff up thanks again for taking your time to give us some input though peace love good health and happiness to you be warned i am good parrot but Dumber than a box of rocks |
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| BenandAmber Guru Joined: 16/02/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 961 |
Noneyabussiness Thanks so much for the link I have a really hard time finding this stuff greatly appreciated be warned i am good parrot but Dumber than a box of rocks |
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| BenandAmber Guru Joined: 16/02/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 961 |
 Just in case anybody wanted to know where I got it from here's the website he is a friend of mine He is very honest a little pricey sometimes but he will go through them for you if you want him to so you know when you get it nothing lose and has been load tested he makes a video of all of this showing you everything inside before he sends it if that's what you want him to do he has loads and loads of power Jack inverters and also sells parts the video of the one we are talking about is on there if anyone want to take a look be warned i am good parrot but Dumber than a box of rocks |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
I got one that's probably 5 years old now in the ute (12v 8000w cont, 12000w peak) Now I would say those figures are probably more than a little optimistic, but I still use it after 5 years, its run microwaves, tv's, a full sized fridge, a 3.5kw instant HWS heater (thats really nice when camping LOL), powertools (regularly)- hell I even used a stick welder on it once to weld a trailer back together! I certainly haven't had any issues with it, but then I rarely take it anywhere near its limits- the welder and the HWS are the two heaviest loads its ever had (btw if you are into camping those little 3500w instant water heaters are great for hot showers if your batteries are up to it or you have a small genny, I used to use the solar heater bag ones- they are okish, but no temp reg (and they can get bloody hot too!!!!) plus low flow rate and limited shower time...) I use a shower tent- plug a hws into a small (7-10l/m 12v water pump in a bucket of water, fit a standard handheld low flow shower rose and tap to the heater outlet and have a nice hot shower (adjust temp by flow rate- hotter is less flow)- if you empty your bucket before finishing, just put the pump into the shower base and reuse the water (no peeing in the shower lol) Camping with all the creature comforts!  |
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| yahoo2 Guru Joined: 05/04/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1166 |
It is fine if you have a use for it as it is and you can certainly fix it very cheaply if it dies . it is just not a great starting point for a fancy home build (unless it comes from somebodies junk pile, then its perfect) I'm confused, no wait... maybe I'm not... |
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| BenandAmber Guru Joined: 16/02/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 961 |
Boppa the instant hot water heater might just be the thing I was going to buy one of those but in the propane version for the RV I'm going to have to give the electric ones look over now thanks for the Post be warned i am good parrot but Dumber than a box of rocks |
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| BenandAmber Guru Joined: 16/02/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 961 |
Yahoo2 if you don't mind me asking what do you use and did you build it yourself I bet it has all the bells and whistles I would like to read about it if you have a post somewhere like give me some good ideas thanks again for posting be warned i am good parrot but Dumber than a box of rocks |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
Depending on the size of the RV, for larger ones I would suggest a small storage tank HWS, plumbed into the engines cooling system or exhaust (or both) so waste heat from the engine will heat the HWS (I have seen some 4x4's with a similar system where they literally plug onto the battery for the pump and have a rinse off standing in front of the 4x4 with hot water from the engine heat) like this 4x4 shower I've seen a couple like this they had a small (30-50l) hws with a small 12/24v pump, circulating the water from the tank, down to either a cooling system intercooler (what boats use for fresh/salt water cooling) plumbed into the engines coolant system or one guy I saw had made his own up by wrapping water pipe around the exhaust near the motor and pumping water from the hws through that (he had put in temperature sensing with valves to shut off the flow once the tank was hot enough and even plumbed in an extra overpressure release valve into that loop just in case Biggest advantage of doing this is you are using waste heat when driving to heat the tank so you have hot water when you arrive, and by using a small electric tank (often only 1200w -2400w) you can use either 'shore power' if available or inverter/solar or a genpack to heat it when parked up- some 'bus' sized rv's even put a thermal solar hws panel on the roof as well and use that for the hws as well... Many ways to defurr a feline... |
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| BenandAmber Guru Joined: 16/02/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 961 |
Those are all really ingenious ways of doing it the one that caught my eye the most was the solar hot water heater if I can find the real estate for it it has one of those small tanks in it right now I was planning on maybe putting a dump load from the solar panels over to it so when the batteries are charged the solar will be used for preheating water to the propane-fired tankless all are good ideas thanks for posting boppa be warned i am good parrot but Dumber than a box of rocks |
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