Customer Reviews

Power Bright PW2300-12 Power Inverter 2300 Watt 12 Volt DC To 110 Volt AC

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So I have had this inverter for a little over a week now, I have tested it for the last few days, this thing is the real deal at a nice price. I had mine running 2 LG 10,000 btu window air conditioners to see if it would work and it worked like a charm! At first i ran the ac units and the wire was getting a little hot at the connections so I used a heavier gauge wire and a better connector and it works great. This inverter was worth every penny in my opinion. I made a battery pack that it connects to power all my fun camping stuff for when I go camping. The product itself is made nicely even the remote looks sweet, they could have cut corners on a lot of things but instead they did not. I love power bright just for that! For those of you that are wondering the inverter itself starts beeping at around 10.5v and its not a loud annoying beep that you will find on other inverters, its gentle to my ears. Also the unit turns off completely @ 15.3v

If you get this unit be sure to read the manual, its pretty short and sweet and has some useful info in it as well. Use 2 gauge or 0 gauge for best results. Make sure you use this with a deep cycle battery for optimum power. I'm extremely picky when it comes to buying anything that is electronic and I can honestly tell you that I cant find anything to complain about at all.

This inverter is great. It's the perfect alternative to a gas generator. I use it for back up power at home. My wood stove heats the house and this inverter powers my whole den. Cable TV, computer, lights, microwave, etc. I run a string of christmas lights up the stairs to the kithen and bedrooms. My power source is a Diehard PM-1 deepcycle marine platinum battery. It's on trickle charge all the time. A user note is to keep the cord to the TV as short as possible to minimize RF interference. you can also coil up the AC cord to work as an inductive RF choke.

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I install this unit PW 2300 with ease and got it up and running in a few hours. I placed it in the cab of my pic-up truck. There was little room to place this uint in the engine compartment. I used a high quality power cable I purchased from Amazon as well. I 3 cables each of 4 AGW to the power uint and fused it as well for safety. I was able to run my power tools with no issues in having enough amps to run them. The remote shout off worked as expected. The unit is not very compact and needs proper ventilation to avoid damaging from over heating. So before buying this unit consider were you will install it in your vehicle. The power unit states in its installation instruction not to mont to any surface that can catch fire or on any flammable surface.
I am very happy with my purchase. Power Bright PW2300-12 Power Inverter 2300 Watt 12 Volt DC To 110 Volt AC

I recently bought this Power Bright PW 2300-12 power inverter to replace a 1800 watt inverter in order to better power a microwave oven in my semi truck. I liked the unit because it had a remote control making it easier than opening the bunk to turn on the replaced unit. Unfortunately the Power Bright unit would only work for less than 2 minutes with the microwave on and the truck's engine running to keep up with the batteries. I returned the inverter but may order another one to see if it works better

After doing much research, my being a nuclear/mechanical engineer & all, I elected to purchase this inverter, so as to power various appliances in our new RV, including a microwave oven, TV, stereo, etc. But instead of just installing it, without knowing what it's real limitations might be, I elected to test it 1st, by hooking it up to numerous ever increasing loads. So initially I used some non-recommended but still very high quality 6 gauge cables that I had lying around, thinking that they should work, just for my brief test period. At this point the inverter failed miserably, by only putting out approx. 600 watts, vs. it's rated 2300 watts = much disappointment. But a call to Power Brights Technical Support Dept. (they are excellent & most helpful) quickly determined that my cables were most likely the problem, as this inverter reportedly looks back at the resistance of the cable, vs. the load which is ramping up, at which point the inverter shuts down rather prematurely, as it's designed to, for safety reasons. In any case, their recommended use of 2-gauge cable, which is clearly stated in the provided Owners manual (I used 2-gauge very flexible welding cables, 6' long) immediately solved my very low output problem, hence this inverter now puts out > 4000 watts surge, with around 3000 watts continuous. So in lieu of it initially just being able to run a 500 watt floodlight, it can now start & run my basements 1/3rd hp sump pump, in conjunction with a 1400 watt microwave, in addition to the 500 watt floodlight, in addition to my 500 watt 3/8 drill, "all starting simultaneously", without a single hesitation, nor peep of any kind. In the meantime, the cables themselves remain at room temperature, with just a slight increase in temperature in the inverters metal case, with not a single cooling fan coming on, even with these rather heavy loads, hence there is no noise what so ever. In summary, this device easily exceeded all of my expectations (powerful & quiet), as I have yet to even find its true load limit. In reality, I'll only be using approx. 1/2 of this inverters output, with plenty of margin, should I need to run a power tool or something, while the microwave is on, and the stereo blaring, etc. And if I had to do all over again, I would purchase the 0-gauge, already made up 6' long power cables from Amazon for ~ $50., along with a $10. Bussmann fuse holder from NAPA (which I did, as it's identical to the 2 fuses holders that already came with our RV from the factory), along with a 225 amp Bussmann fuse for $5. (it's a near perfect match for this inverter), also from NAPA (ie. Amazon offers neither of these products for some reason). So nice job all around by Power Bright = Easy 5 Star Rating.

First one arrived late March 2010. Watt meter did not read anything and the remote was broke. The box had no visual damage to it so I figure it was in the packing at the company. Paid for the shipping back to company. Second one arrived late April 2010 and everything has been good up to Nov 30, 2010, just over 7 months and now one of the outlets are bad. You can hear the crackling when something is plugged into it. Called the company and YES, I have to pay for the shipping AGAIN back to them from Maine to Florida to be repaired. The company told me I should have a spare anyways just in case something like this happens. Great $200 to $250.00 sitting on the shelf, yea right. It will not happen again with this company. I will sell this unit when it arrives back to me fixed and I will order from a different company this week. This inverter will end up costing me over $50.00 more now because of the extra shipping and finding another way to run my freezer and lights. Screw them!

I have been using a generator to operate my tools in my truck for years. I got this inverter 4 weeks ago to operate my tools, it's amazing! Everything works as well as my 5000 watt generator without all the noise. I have not tried other inverters to compare however I would highly recommend this one.

I bought this thing because I was moving and wanted to run a refrigerater to keep the babies milk and food cold while traveling. Using 0 guage wire connecting the inverter to the battery, I am able to run not only the frig. but also a 900 watt microwave at the same time. I read the one review where the guy states that he couldn't run a microwave and that is because he must have used crap thin wires. I have never had any overheating or shutdown issues with this unit. 0 guage wire is a bit of overkill and 4 guage wire would probably work just fine.

Few problems with unit when it arrived: The voltmeter was .65V optomistic (tried 2 differernt DVMs). One of the 5 fans sounds like it has a bad bearing (sounds like marbles in a can).

On the Plus side, it did power up my large refrigerator and small freezer (very impressive).

I'm suppose to receive my replacement unit in about a week. I will keep you updated.

11/5/2011: just received replacement unit. Voltmeter is still .40V optomisitc (but livable) and the fans are very quiet.