Cheap Chinese Inverter - Would you use it?
I’m doing a van conversion and needed an inverter to power mains appliances. I know there are well-known brands like Victron Energy, but this one was about a quarter of the price.
It’s a 12V to 2500W pure sine wave inverter and cost around $100. I was actually quite pleasantly surprised when I opened it up. It’s using Rubycon capacitors, and overall it looks professionally assembled to my eye. I did remove some cable ties from the front wiring while changing the plug, so it looks a bit messier now than it originally did. I've tested it at 2500w for about an hour it seems to be able to handle it without overheating despite the fact that it was pulling over 200 Amps. I measured efficiency at about 93%
One thing I noticed is the Earth wire seems to be connected to one of the AC terminals via some capacitors why is this?
Would anybody with more electronics knowledge be willing to share their thoughts on the build quality? Is there anything that immediately stands out as concerning or badly designed?