Customer Reviews

Power Bright PW3500-12 Power Inverter 3500 Watt 12 Volt DC To 110 Volt AC

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I use this inverter for powering power tools on construction jobs. It has taken the place of an 1800 watt gas generator. Wish I made the switch years ago. This inverter easily powers large 1/2" electric drills and most any other power tools without any problem at all. Setup quick connects, also available on Amazon, to my truck battery. All the other contractors are also amazed. Never again will I use a heavy smelly generator. The unit is lightweight, easily moved to different trucks with quick connects (non included). Its a little bulky and may not readily fit in a standard pickup truck conveniently. However with the quick connects comming through the grill it can just be placed on the ground and used just like you would a portable generator, although it isn't weather proof so it would have to be protected from rain. Possibly behind the front seat. Mine is mounted in between the front seats of a Ford E-250 work van. Fits nicely there and is also used to charge all the cordless tool batteries. If all you needed was to charge cordless batteries a much smaller unit would be fine. But this 3500 will power anything you can plug into it.

I use this in my Ford transit to power a microwave,coffee maker and toaster. This is great. I was even able to run the microwave and coffee maker at the same time. The only issue is the installation. I had to run a 0 gauge cable from my battery to the back of the truck.

I've run air compressors, table saws, and coffee machines off this. Not being a true sine wave I don't think you'd want to run any electronics on it (in fact, even the air compressor 'sounds' different, so the waveform must be significantly different).

The included remote is handy. The display shows current battery voltage OR current watt output, but you have to toggle. In this price range you'd imagine they could throw in the extra ten cent LED to show both, but its not a crucial flaw for me.

i purchased this from lowes because buying it from here they remove the cables and remote that come with it. then they sell it seperate. ALL units come with the cables and remote. Plus my unit turns its fan on when its turned off and NO load.
Do not buy from here because its a ripoff, I took the 357.00 price in to lowes to match and mine came with everything. Also be prpared to have some serious batteries to run this-im looking at 10 rated at 210 minutes each.It is a power hog. and the digital meter never registers 13.4. I looked here and gopower makes a 3000. for about the same price. I was so looking forward to this working relaibly