I connected my Prowatt 150 and/or Prowatt 250 to my cigarette lighter socket in the dash board, but I can get even a 100W light bulb to light up, what is happening?
Prowatt 250 is capable of providing up to 350 watts of power to a resistive load (such as ordinary light bulbs), as well as provide a surge large enough to start most TVs, and many electric motor based tools. Prowatt 250 can only generate high power provided the DC supply can support the high 12 V battery current demanded by the inverter. The Prowatt 250 comes with a standard lighter plug connector for you to easily operate loads up to 100 W such as cell phones, notebook computers, soldering irons, even 13″ TVs, using a simple lighter plug connection to DC. However, the typical cigarette lighter socket and under dash wiring in most vehicles is only capable of supporting up to 8 DC amps (100 W) of current while maintaining at least 10 V at the inverter end of the DC cable. In some vehicles, even a 60 W light bulb cannot be operated due to thin wiring in the dash. Starting the engine will raise the system voltage at least 1.5V and may just allow your appliance to operate (when it would n
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