Thread: Giandel Pure Sine Wave Inverters

Originally Posted by Homestar

But is it SAFE! That's the point I'm trying to make - cheap inverters usually aren't designed to be permanently installed in vans like this.

No good being in front if your dead...

Also, nothing like a good camping weekend being ruined when the inverter dies on the first night your away.

Again, not saying these aren't safe, just trying to get across the safety aspects here - I work with isolated power supplies for a living is all, without knowing the electrical details of the unit I wouldn't be making it a part of a fixed wiring installation.

I've said enough - you'll either check into this or not give a **** and blindly but one - no skin off my back, but the OP asked for advice and I offered some.

What you choose to do with it is your concern.

Chinese versus other countries has been done to death - some of it's good, some of it's ****, working out the difference can be the hard bit but if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

Oh, and an RCD won't save you if the inverter isn't right for the application and fails either, but I'm not going into fault paths here and what an RCD is and isn't good for if you don't understand the basics.

You're call...

have been using one of these for 2 years now and its great. had a problem with the first one but they replaced it and now have had no problems.
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Going to need a bigger van to accommodate the inverter. That's a 40l Engel that the inverter is sitting on.

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How much that big bugger weigh?
I thought that my 2kva unit was a monster but that is huge.

Easily 5 kg. Lots of space for the electronics to stay cool me thinks.

A question for the boffs:
The inverter manual recommends bonding the inverter to earth (van chassis) via the earth stud on the case. Should I?
The earth pin on the socket is connected to the inverter case.

Originally Posted by Milton477

A question for the boffs:
The inverter manual recommends bonding the inverter to earth (van chassis) via the earth stud on the case. Should I?
The earth pin on the socket is connected to the inverter case.

Yes.

Thanks Homestar.

No probs - do that and run the RVD lead and you'll be fine. Should work out well for you.