[rogertee]

I'm considering one of these for the 'van, 1500w is sufficient for my requirements. However I am led to believe that I cannot run a TV off a modified sine wave unit. Is this correct? The price between modified and pure is quite up there!

[Paul-Carter]

Better to play safe and go pure sine wave. If you hook anything with a motor in it up to a modified sine wave unit it will not be good.

[Paul]

i A lot/most TVs can be run off 12v .Paul

[David Wallace]

I agree with Paul. I have always stuck with pure sine wave inverters then I know things will work when I plug into the inverter. I would suggest looking at your power requirements closely as a tv for example would only draw a 100 watts or less. You may find a 800 watt inverter would be ample and would be a lot cheaper.
Cheers David.

[rogertee]

Thanks guys!

[johnny]

Not all inverters are as advertised , eg modified claimed as pure sign.

Checkout their feedback first .

[Skiwi]

In simple terms modified wave inverters are only useful for "dumb" electrical gear (ie no electronics).
A lot of electronic gear will run on them but you will end up with shortened appliance life and/or strange problems like hums, overheating, intermittent faults etc.

My advice is to only go pure wave or do away with it completely and run a 12 or 24v system

Cheers
Skiwi