My new crappy AIMS 300w inverter

I thought that the newly redesigned AIMS 300w pure sine wave power inverter would be a joy. It is not. The first one caught fire. The 2nd one doesn't perform as well as the '05 model.

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• 300w
• pure
• sine
• wave
• power
• inverter
• AIMS

[RikterZilla]

So is it Crappy or too small for the job? What is wattage rating on those lights? You can't put an elephant in a wheel barrow!

[malpaso1969]

The reason I went for this size of inverter was due to the fact that Alien Bees/Paul C. Buff sells a package that includes smaller inverters.

The new model's specs are identical to the older model, which performs fine with two of these strobes. I expected to get the new, smaller unit with the same performance.

[helloman1976]

Man you're charging capacitors and using a device that surges HUGE wattage hooked to a 300 watt inverter? No wonder they are catching fire. You should be using a 2,500watt/5000watt inverter that can handle the instant draw you are pulling from the inverter. Best of wishes.

[johnnyr55556]

I saw this inverter on google products thanks for steering me clear of it - looks like xantrex / sunforce are better

[theinverterstore]

We have used several 300 watt AIMS inverters and found that the strobe lights have a high surge. We upgraded to the 600 watt and they work much better