Best-Car-Care.com - Schumacher PI-200 Instant Power DC to AC Power Inverter - 200 Watts
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Binding: Misc. Brand: Schumacher Color: Black & Red EAN: 0026666707251 Feature: 200-watt power inverter with 400-watt peak surge power Label: Schumacher Manufacturer: Schumacher Model: PI-200 Publisher: Schumacher Studio: Schumacher Variation Description: Black & Red
Features
200-watt power inverter with 400-watt peak surge power Has LED indicator and convenient on/off switch Includes 12-volt cigarette lighter and accessory plug Features a high-speed cooling fan and overload protection with a low battery alarm 115-volt AC power for running computers, cell phones, lights, power tools, television, radios, and CD players
Customer Rating: Summary: Just what I needed Comment: I work out of a truck all day with no radio. I have to rely on a battery operated radio. But with this inverter, I just have to plug it in to the cigarett lighter and I have radio all day. It's super. Customer Rating: Summary: Has never let me down Comment: I use a power inverter to charge my cell phone, my air mattress pump, my cameras, and my laptop while on the road. The first inverter I bought lasted all of maybe two days, so to replace it I resolved to do more thorough research. When I checked out Schumacher's site, I discovered they had a vast line of power supply equipment, much of it for industrial use. My assumption was their small consumer inverters would be built to industrial standards as well and might last longer than my first one. I was not disappointed.
The PI-200 has been my constant traveling companion over thousands of miles of roads and has never failed me, plus it has about as many features as you could ask for. 200 watts is more than enough for charging the items that travel with me. It also features a low battery alarm should it drain the source battery below a certain level. But don't think that means you can continue to pull power through your car's cigarette lighter after the car is shut down for the simple reason that turning off your ignition also turns off the power to your cigarette lighter.
The workaround for this would be to find an adaptor going from a female cigarette lighter to two clips. Then attach the clips to the battery and plug into the other end of the adaptor. Then keep your inverter handy and shut it off if and when the low battery alarm goes off.
