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I am sure we have all fallen foul of the internet product. Or the item bought at a rally, fair, or car boot sale.
In my case it was an inverter rated at 3kW run with 6kW peak and it seems the power sharing on the FET's was some what lacking with no detection if one of the blade type car fuses feeding each FET was to blow so although worked well with small items once the washing machine was plugged in then blue smoke was seen.
The problem was in returning the unit. Although UK law says they must pay the carriage try forcing a firm based in China to comply with that. Also customs duties would have not expected to be charged duty to return an item for repair but I was.
However being honest when one sees a 3kW inverter for £140 one has to expect there may be a problem. It cost £70 to return it under guarantee. In future I will not buy large heavy expensive items direct from China.
These are not ideal but they do work. They do support the unit far better than the standard shaver adaptor.
In my case it was an inverter rated at 3kW run with 6kW peak and it seems the power sharing on the FET's was some what lacking with no detection if one of the blade type car fuses feeding each FET was to blow so although worked well with small items once the washing machine was plugged in then blue smoke was seen.
The problem was in returning the unit. Although UK law says they must pay the carriage try forcing a firm based in China to comply with that. Also customs duties would have not expected to be charged duty to return an item for repair but I was.
However being honest when one sees a 3kW inverter for £140 one has to expect there may be a problem. It cost £70 to return it under guarantee. In future I will not buy large heavy expensive items direct from China.