Re: power inverter cap

Alright I picked up 2 panasonic caps and it took me more time to re-splice all the wires than to solder the caps in. I did find a great way to clear the holes to stick the caps through. I took a small drill bit (1/32) and drilled out the holes. It's a lot easier since I didn't have a stainless pick. Anyway, the inverter works great now! I put a dc load of 30a on it and it did fine for about 5 min so I'm pretty happy. I'm just glad the caps were the only thing wrong with it.

Re: power inverter caps

The metal is too thick to be a fuse or at least I've never seen one like it. It looks like they put a fuse shaped piece of copper or something in it. If it is a fuse, I wonder what it's rated at. I know in most inverters they use a combination of 30's.

Anyway, I ordered 2 Panasonic P10263-ND. A cheap fix if it works. I'll post back with the results.

Originally posted in general electronics but not sure if this would be a better place. I've been looking over this forum for a few weeks now. It's pretty neat that there's a website dedicated to caps. I'm a computer/electrical engineer in college so I do have a little knowledge.

Here's my question. I started a project today to wire up a 500w power inverter on my boat. I grabbed the inverter (vector sst max 500w) to test it with the alligator clips it came with, and about 5 seconds later, wham a lam, a huge pop from it and it shut off. Of course, I was up close looking at the led...

Re: power inverter cap

haha no it doesn't but I tried this on the car battery anyway.

Hey guys, first post. I've been looking over this forum for a few weeks now. It's pretty neat that there's a website dedicated to caps. I'm a computer/electrical engineer in college so I do have a little knowledge.

Here's my question. I started a project today to wire up a 500w power inverter on my boat. I grabbed the inverter (vector sst max 500w) to test it with the alligator clips it came with, and about 5 seconds later, wham a lam, a huge pop from it and it shut off. Of course, I was up close looking at the led since it was bright out. Anyway, I've never used this inverter...