Customer Reviews

Rayovac Power Inverter (RPI350) (RPI350)

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I was getting ready to take the family on a long trip in the RV and trying to figure out how I could let the kids play video games while on the road. I was reluctantly planning on buying a AC/DC TV/DVD combo until I found this thing. It has two 120 V outlets so I was able to connect my existing small TV and the Nintendo console. I also brought my laptop which plays DVDs. I was able to plug in the AC adaptor so they could watch movies as well (I know it's silly to go from the Car's DC, to the inverter, and then back to DC for the laptop but I didn't have a direct DC cable for the laptop so what the heck).

The inverter worked great and never got very hot. I sometimes had a "fault" when things were first turned on but they always cleared with a quick reset.

Worked well for about 2 years. Then after storage in the house - fired it up and no AC voltage output. Tested it with a known good light bulb. Makes noise, indicator light is on, fuse looks good, just no AC. Open the bottom of the case - corrosion all over the place. Seems like they did not clean off the solder flux in manufacture, perhaps causing a bad join somewhere. More gifts from China now in the landfill. RayOVac seems to be having quality issues lately.

I use this to power my laptop in the car, while on the vehicle I use it on teh inverter isn't powered while the vehicle is off, it still works well while the car is on to power the laptop. This inverter also generates slightly more power than other power inverters, but beware, the screws on the bottom of the invert er can scratch up teh ilnterior of teh car if you put it on say plastic or some leathers. Works well though.