ENERGIZER 500W Power Inverter 12V DC cigarette lighter

ENERGIZER 500W Power Inverter 12V DC cigarette lighter

ENERGIZER 500W Power Inverter 12V DC cigarette lighter

Converter ENERGIZER 500W Power Inverter 12V DC cigarette lighter or battery clips to 120 Volt AC with 2 USB ports 2.1A shared compatible with iPad iPhone & more

This is unbelievable, I thought I was buying from a reputable brand. This is my 2nd energizer (Or I guess Power Bright is their manufacturer) inverter. I got the 1st one earlier this week. It was returned the day it was received because one of the 120V wires coming off the main board hasn't attached, it had come off (It was holding on by 1 strand). The replacement came in today, first thing I checked was that wire through the grill slots, it was attached. Plugged it in to my car battery (via the attached clips), powered up just find. Attached a 50w LED work light (50 watts load at the plug, not 50 watts light output), worked just fine. Fan didn't power up. Attached a 175-200 watt load (my Dremel Rotary Tool, it pulls 1.5A (I've tested this with a DMM)) with the LED light. There was a sizable arc inside the unit. It continued to arc, followed quickly by a FIRE and a lot of smoke until I removed the positive terminal of the battery from it. Looked like a fool trying to blow through the fan opening to put it out, then quickly snapped a pic with my phone..unbelievable. This is suppose to have the usual safety circuitry built in , NONE of it worked as designed, it continued to short internally with my battery connected. This is a DANGER to anybody who uses it with high loads. I seriously question the engineering design and manufacturing if I had 1 dead on arrival and the 2nd caught on fire due to some internal fault (I'm not going to take it apart to see which component failed). Its totally unacceptable.

Oh and if anybody says that dremel was too much for it. I've measured it pulling 1.55A at 110V (modified AC sin wave) from my Cobra 500watt power inverter I have permanently mounted in my car, you know the $25 dollar one on amazon right now. I use it on that thing frequently with no issues. I stepped up to energizer thinking it would be a good product, but the dirt cheap one that I've had a year or 2 works better.
ENERGIZER 500W Power Inverter 12V DC cigarette lighter