The quality certainly varies...what was the brand name? I bought their 1000w
Xantrex, and it caught fire as soon as I hooked it up to an Optima Yellow
Top..I had nothing plugged in to it and it was switched off at the time. The
"Eliminator" series with the  digital readout  seems to be a bit better
quality...

Tom

On 6/19/07, David Etter <detter@mail.auracom.com> wrote:
>
> Just a note about Canadian Tire (a.k.a. China Tire) Inverters. Their
> 450 Watt model is suspect. I have gone through 3 of them, all
> replaced under warranty as the first 2 each quit in less than 30
> days. I now also carry a spare by Cobra and I've got my fingers
> crossed.
>         My very first Inverter (I forget the brand) was a 300 Watt
> and it ran the Dometic for two years without a problem until I cooked
> it by plugging into a AC outlet before unplugging the inverter.
> Bummer...
>
>                                 David(dsl82westy)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> >Many of those fridges, even though they only draw 70 watts, they need a
> >momentary "slam" of 600 or so watts to start the compressor. for the
> record,
> >the "digital" inverters from Canadian Tire can handle this, in particular
> >the 800 watt model. Last summer, I ran a cheap household/bar  Danby 4.5cu
> >ft fridge off of an Optima Yellow-Top with this particular inverter (in
> an
> >RV).
> >
> >YMMV
> >Tom
>