Automatically detects low-vehicle battery to avoid depletion
1-year warranty
Description
Power your electronic devices when you're on the road with the Xantrex XPower Plus 700-Watt Inverter. Lightweight and compact, this handy device plugs directly to your car, truck, van, RV, or boat's battery to convert power from your vehicle's battery into standard utility power. And with dual three-prong outlets, this in-vehicle power inverter lets you simultaneously charge or run multiple devices, such as cell phones, camcorders, handheld gaming devices, stereos, laptops, TVs, small power tools, and small kitchen appliances.
The Xantrex XPower Plus 700-Watt Inverter At a Glance:
Quiet alternative to generators
In-car power inversion for use during transit
560 watts of continuous power with 1,000-watt surge capacity for safe, consistent power
Dual 3-prong grounded 120-volt AC outlets for running multiple electronics
Automatic shutdown protects against overheating and overloads
This in-vehicle inverter lets you turn your ride into a mobile office or entertainment center. View larger.
Quieter and more compact than a generator, this powerful tool can run multiple devices at once. View larger.
Power Your Electronics in Any Automobile Plug the XPower Plus 700 to your vehicle's battery and turn your ride into a mobile office or entertainment center. This power inverter incorporates high-frequency technology to convert power from your vehicle's battery (12-volt DC) into standard utility power (115-volt AC, 60 Hz), so you can power your laptop to get some work done on the road--without draining your expensive computer battery--or plug in a TV or DVD player to keep the kids entertained on a long trip. This versatile gadget gives you options for keeping informed, up to date, or entertained anywhere, and it's a perfect companion for camping, beach trips, and tailgates.
Built-In Features for Convenience and Safety The XPower Plus 700's dual three-prong grounded AC outlets give you the ability to simultaneously power multiple devices, such as cell phones, camcorders, stereos, laptops, TVs, small power tools, and small kitchen appliances. And with 560 watts of continuous power and a 1,000-watt surge capacity, this power inverter even has DC terminals, so it can be directly connected to your car, RV, or boat battery to support higher AC loads.
For protection, an integrated automatic shutdown prevents overloads, overheating, and low/high battery conditions. The inverter also senses low battery voltage so you never have to worry about completely draining your batteries. An added bonus, the XPower Plus 700's operates quietly, so you can enjoy on-demand AC power in your car without giving up your peace and quiet or drowning out your favorite tunes.
Lightweight and portable, this power inverter measures 7.25 x 4.12 x 2.25 inches (LxWxH) and weighs one pound, 14 ounces. The Xantrex XPower Plus 700 is covered by a one-year warranty.
About Xantrex Xantrex Technology Inc. (xantrex.com), a subsidiary of Schneider Electric, is a world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of advanced power electronic products and systems for the renewable and mobile power markets. The company's products convert and control raw electrical power from any central, distributed, renewable, or backup power source into high-quality power required by electronic equipment and the electricity grid. Xantrex is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with facilities in the United States, Germany and Spain, and a joint venture in China.
What's in the Box In-car power inverter with DC terminals for direct connection to battery.
Hook directly to your car, truck, van, RV, or boat's battery to power everything from tools to cell phones.
Product Details
Product Length:
9.5 inches
Product Width:
9.5 inches
Product Height:
3.0 inches
Product Weight:
4.9 pounds
Package Length:
9.0 inches
Package Width:
8.8 inches
Package Height:
2.5 inches
Package Weight:
2.65 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 26 reviews
Customer Reviews
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Great Inverter Excellent Quality and Realistic Rating Mar 31, 2010 This is a great inverter. I am currently using it in an off grid solar application for a small 100 sf play house. This inverter is great because the fan does not come on until the load exceeds 100watts, so when no one is using the playhouse the majority of the energy from solar panels is used to recharge batteries vs. running a fan that is not necessary. There are a lot of ignorant people that are complaining about the inability to plug this into a car lighter. This inverter is capable of converting a great deal more power than a cigarrette lighter in most cars are fused to deliver. This thing can convert up to 70 amps of current and most cigarrette lighter fuses are in the 15 - 20 amp range. So even if you could plug it in, all you would accomplish is blowing the fuse or melting the wiring to the lighter socket...
XPower 700 is one of the very best inverters available Mar 27, 2010 I've owned my inverter for 4 years now, and use it for two things mainly. The first is to power laptops from a cigarette lighter socket, and the other is to power a vacuum cleaner for clearing the car. It also comes in handy for power outages, but this is less frequent. It's a compact size that fits underneath the car seats fine.
For the high power cleaning use (full size 800 watt vacuum cleaner), it connects using heavy cables (supplied) to the car's battery terminals directly, and the internal fan runs to keep things cool. For the laptop use it connects to the car's cigarette lighter using a regular 12 volt plug. Unfortunately, Xantrex never included this wire with the package, so you have to supply your own, but this is easy. For some strange reason, the manual says the inverter's "incompatible" with the 12 volt socket, yet there is no apparent reason why. Just keep your power usage below 150 watts, and everything is fine. In this low power mode, the fan doesn't run at all, which makes for very quiet operation.
I'd say it's rated very conservatively, and running a 1000 watt appliance presents no problems. The output voltage is regulated, and doesn't droop with load which is nice. When truly overloaded, a red LED comes on, but unlike many other lesser units this is not accompanied by smoke and a trip to the returns queue at the store. Overall, a quality product from a company specializing in this type of equipment: highly recommended.
TSW > MSW Mar 01, 2010 So I had bought this to run my laptop (which only needed 85W) and maybe another thing or two, however I wanted it to power the laptop while allowing me to plug in the laptop to the stereo in the car which is where the conflict began. Apparently through a lot of research this is a Modified Sine Wave power inverter which causes horrible noise through the car while the car is on (not something that gets louder with the alternator we're talking loud annoying and constant). Come to find out that this is a problem and read through many forums that using audio your better off using a TSW or True Sine Wave power inverter. Xantrex makes one but they are mighty expensive but luck of the draw I found a guy in my state selling a used one for massively cheaper so I bought it and hooked it up. The TSW was only 400W however the unit was larger but worked absolutely brilliantly. I won't be able to return this unit as the 'consumer unfriendly packaging' required me to cut the plastic around it to get it out.
By the way I also signed up with Xantrex's long list of requirements to ask their support a question two weeks ago and I am still waiting for a response... Thankfully I didn't wait for them to tell me that a MSW wasn't what I needed and that a TSW is where it's at. =)
All said and done this would probably be fine for most electronics but I'll never buy a MSW again, i am TSW all the way!
Its not 700 Watts continuous. Feb 15, 2010 Looks like this inverter is not 700Watts continuous like every other inverter is specified. It can handle 700 Watts only for 5 min and 560W continuous. They should have put continuous power in the spec.
Good Jan 30, 2010 For the price, I think that it is a good deal on the market. Free super savers shipping is a great incentive.
based on 26 reviews
Great Inverter Excellent Quality and Realistic Rating Mar 31, 2010
Its not 700 Watts continuous. Feb 15, 2010
