thanks very much for the comment… I agree, that's some thing I thought about a lot. Having used this for a little while now, it appears to work fine unless it is a very hot day. If it is very hot, I simply remove the lid of the compartment to provide airflow. The drawers have little feet on the bottom, so there is some clearance. It works well.
this is Brilliant , Would be cool if you could wire a plug to inside house and if you had a remote car starter and power goes out instead of owning a gas generator you just start the vehicle
Thanks for commenting! I don't think that would work very well - this car charger produces very few total watts compared to a gas generator. You will be happy to know that I do have a gas generator, and it has a remote start. :)
Yes, I' hoped for more, but I really don't know if that is a function of the charger or possibly of my alternator. The alternator that came with the 2000 Tundra is a bit wimpy by today's standards, so I have wondered if that might be contributing to this issue.
thanks for the vid... i did my install and cant get it to go out of green non charge mode going into my power stations even playing around with cables and the dial. also is the blue led on the power button stay on even with the engine off? mine does...
Interesting product thanks for the video. How does this differ from an inverter? I Installed an 800 watt inverter in my truck and use it to charge my Ego Batteries when traveling and I've used it to charge my Pecron 1500. It cost less than $100. I'm sure there is a reason but I"m just not sure what it is.
An inverter wouldn’t produce enough watts from a 12 volt battery and it would be converting it from DC to AC then back to DC which is very inefficient. Also a inverter capable of putting out 500 watts would drain the car battery.
If the inverter is hardwired, it would work fine. There would be a small inefficiency introduced by converting the DC to AC and then back to DC for the Pecron. But otherwise I'm sure it would work well.
