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Post by canaldweller on Aug 5, 2017 11:16:22 GMT
Yesterday my phone charger made some fizzing and popping sounds and stopped charging. Tried my other charger and the same thing! I traced the problem to the inverter. When I measured the ouput I got 1200 volts slowly dropping, over about 30 seconds, to just over 900 volts.
Does anyone know what is going on here and, more important, is it worth getting it looked at and repaired? A new one is £135.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 5, 2017 11:25:56 GMT
Make and model, and how old is it?
Is it Made in China? (!)
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Post by canaldweller on Aug 5, 2017 11:38:37 GMT
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 5, 2017 11:44:07 GMT
I can't do much now, can have a look later - but now the experts have more info. Off to Halifax this afternoon. Shopping first, and coffee and cherry pie.
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Post by JohnV on Aug 5, 2017 12:10:27 GMT
Sunshine Solar do a repair service, why not give them a ring. |
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Post by canaldweller on Aug 5, 2017 12:16:41 GMT
Sunshine Solar do a repair service, why not give them a ring. I didn't know that thanks. Shall phone them on Monday. |
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Post by Gone on Aug 5, 2017 15:13:37 GMT
I would make the observation that a new one costs £135 which if you have the old one repaired at £35~50 per hour is not going to give you much repair time not to mention parts. But if you can get a fixed price repair at least you know what it will cost before it ends up costing more than a new one. My daughter bought a laptop from PC world which failed at 15 months, they offered a paid for repair, but when I raised the 2 year life in the sales of goods act they paid. The problem with an inverter is they may claim that they have no responsibility for failure as you overloaded it, but if it was sold with overload protection I would think you have a counter claim. It is maybe worth a try. This may help - www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/sale-of-goods-act |
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