muzbaz
Member
Hi
I hope there is someone that can help me with this, I have been using an inverter to supply and charge a loptop but not running it onstantly for hours on end, the one I was using developed a fault and became bin fodder, so I replaced it with a 200w inverter as before, connected through the cig lighter socket but the new one starts to bleep as if the battery is low as soon as I connect it to the lighter socket, so I start the engine and it still bleeps, I thought it must just be a cheap import (ebay :-/) SO I picked a 300w unit up from maplin today just incase it was a load issue,,, the same happens with that unit too, I put a meter on the 2 sockets In the front and rear, both read 14.05v engine running and 12.4v after engine off for 10 minutes, the units say they will alarm once the battery goes below 10.5v,
I haven't actually connected direct to the battery/constant live yet, but I shouldn't have to if they offer the option to supply power to the inverter via a cigarette lighter.
Any help with this would be really appreciated.
I hope there is someone that can help me with this, I have been using an inverter to supply and charge a loptop but not running it onstantly for hours on end, the one I was using developed a fault and became bin fodder, so I replaced it with a 200w inverter as before, connected through the cig lighter socket but the new one starts to bleep as if the battery is low as soon as I connect it to the lighter socket, so I start the engine and it still bleeps, I thought it must just be a cheap import (ebay :-/) SO I picked a 300w unit up from maplin today just incase it was a load issue,,, the same happens with that unit too, I put a meter on the 2 sockets In the front and rear, both read 14.05v engine running and 12.4v after engine off for 10 minutes, the units say they will alarm once the battery goes below 10.5v,
I haven't actually connected direct to the battery/constant live yet, but I shouldn't have to if they offer the option to supply power to the inverter via a cigarette lighter.
Any help with this would be really appreciated.