@jmquinn72 By disbanding the Pandemic task force right after he came into office because Obama instituted it, he showed himself to be a small petty man. And we are all suffering because of him.
@Felton10@jmquinn72 Actually it was not “disbanded”, it was “reorganized and streamlined” to put pandemic and bioweapons experts in the same room. Look it up other than what the media is pushing and you will see that it was a bloated, wasteful agency and the reorganization was successful despite what the media says.
@dtaber1@jmquinn72 It may be a matter of semantics but the following statement seems to be the consensus for what happened to it. “There is disagreement over how to describe the changes at the NSC’s Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense in 2018. The departure of some members due to “streamlining” efforts under John Bolton is documented. The “pandemic response team” as a unit was largely disbanded.”
Regardless if this team would have been left in place there would have been faster, easier, and better communication between the federal agencies that needed to deal with this.
@dtaber1@Felton10@jmquinn72 Nope. Duplicated effort with two separate groups is not better. Stop sniffing the CNN. They do not have the slightest intention of perceiving reality.
@dtaber1@Felton10@jmquinn72@PatrickKarcher Most experts in pandemics seem to disagree with you. We were left with no functioning group to fight pandemics. Then our President didn’t think it would be a problem; he may have changed his mind.
@Felton10, I would say someone who get their narratives (not news) from Sean Hannity and Fox and Friends in the morning, would be just as foolish as those who actually believe CNN/MSNBC/NYTimes/WashPost/etc. The leftist narrative networks are more pervasive and harder to get away from, and so being one of their sheep is very easy; but some do manage to be sheep of talk radio and Faux Snews, as you call it. I do not advocate being a sucker of either.
@andyw, I’m guessing you believe in Russian Collusion also? That Trump called neo-nazis fine people? That Michael Avanati was gonna take Trump down? That Trump would destroy the economy? That he would start a bunch of wars? These things were made very clear to you, just like ‘Trump didn’t take this seriously’.
But out in reality-land, Trump was the only world leader who cut off travel from Wuhan at the critical moment. Biden and CNN/etc. pundits disagreed, comically calling it racist (that actually all they know how to do). We know without that decisive action, we’d be really hurting now.
If you want to criticize President in the middle of a crisis where we need to all come together, you actually do have some material. For example, we agree that Bush senior or Obama would have done a much better job of communicating the balance of taking-this-seriously-it’s-a-crisis-act-now but also we-will-win-together-and-there-is-hope-and-we-got-this. (Gotta be prudent, at this juncture!) Very tricky. Clinton and BushJr probably would have handled that better than Trump too. Trump’s gotten a little better at that thank goodness, but still not his strongest mode, to be sure.
@andyw@PatrickKarcher Ok-I will give Trump some credit for cutting off travel to China, but his other non actions and statements which delayed everyone taking decisive actions and this Pandemic much more seriously are much more damaging. And he still says or does things that minimize his culpability and maximize his re-election chances that have nothing to do with the welfare of this country. He has to be persuaded to do things that are in the countries best interest. If a reporter asks him a difficult question, he insults them or call them a name. His reading of his prepared statements at the beginning of each virus update reminds me of a hostage reading a statement prepared by his captors which the reader neither believes nor understands.
As long as he continues to lie, I will continue to criticize-even in this time of national emergency.
@Felton10@PatrickKarcher The President did say there were fine people on both sides, but I do not consider neo-nazis fine people, and one of them murdered a demonstrator.
He is recorded as minimizing the seriousness of the situation for weeks, if not months, including his recent statements about getting the economy back by Easter, giving medical advice not based on evidence, ignoring his medical advisors and saying he does not take responsibility for the situation (when I was in the Army, you were responsible for anything that did happen, or did not happen, under your command). There are many other recorded statements of his that have jeopardized our nation. It is fine to come together to repair our damage, but supporting actions and statements that are damaging is not helpful, nor is it morally correct. We all have an obligation to resist immoral statements (only wanting to give respirators to states with governors who agree with him, for instance).
@jandrese every switching power supply I have doesn’t care about a modified sine wave signal. The two true sine wave inverters I’ve bought for our service trucks were around $1,000. Each. I’ve spent less on generators, but somebody needed something fancy. I think I spent this much on my 140 watt inverter I keep in my truck, so assuming this doesn’t blow up the first time it’s plugged in, it’s a pretty good deal.
What’s really needed is a multi DC-DC converter. Such a waste to use an inverter like this only to plug a DC power brick into it, like a phone charger or for a laptop.
I may get this one. My car has a 15 Amp fuse on it’s cigarette lighter, 12 Volts * 15 Amp = 180 Watts maximum. The manual for this says “2. Power port plug: this cable is for smaller loads, up to 150 watts maximum.” That means it should be compatible. I found the manual here :
@rpstrong Thanks for the correction! I think I will pull the trigger. The fuse is usually built into the cigarette plug, so I can swap the fuse if it is larger than 15 Amps. That will allow me to protect the car battery and car fuse.
Like others, I was trying to figure out a use for this, in which you had a low-power gadget which absolutely needed AC power, and was usable on the road or while camping.
The best I came up with so far is a Raspberry Pi, they tend to require a bit more power than a 2A USB port can supply, So plug your 3A power supply into this, and provided it doesn’t fry the board, you’re good to go.
Otherwise, perhaps if you’re boondocking for a while and your power brick has died, and you don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon so you don’t want to waste gas idling your engine, you could recharge it directly from your car’s battery using this. Hopefully your power brick is one that can jump start your battery in case you drain it too far…
I just had one of my cheap CyberPower inverters croak, but I’ve got two more. Finally Meh hoarding pays off.
I use it to charge my laptop. I work in the field, and it’s often tough to find a place to plug it in on site. With an inverter I can charge it while I’m driving.
And sometimes I have to park somewhere and use the computer.
I could get a laptop charger with a 12V adaptor, but those cost more than these things.
I wouldn’t buy it based upon the photo on the packaging. What is that couple up to? How does this image help to sell a DC inverter? Makes me think anyone who would approve this packaging design probably shouldn’t be involved in creating anything…least of all something electrical.
@bainst i really had to scroll too far this early to find out if anyone was gonna mention this. it looks like somebody stole a photo from an erectile dysfunction medication pamphlet. perhaps this device is going to ~jumpstart~ their marriage.
@jerk_nugget I felt the same way. Jumpstart the marriage (nice), or a couple recalling how they survived a snowstorm stranded in their car…all because of this handy little device!
300 watts / 120 volts = 2.5 amps.
Basically, you can run a lamp or a laptop from this, but not anything like a drill or refrigerator. Those heavy duty looking grounded outlets on the front look kind of misleading.
I bought a Bestek unit, same spec from Amazon last year on sale for the same price. Just a couple of comments. Aesthetically this PowerDrive unit is a zero. It almost looks like a child’s toy. Second there have been mentions to this already. The AC power coming out of these units isn’t super clean. For just running something that requires power below maximum specs that means nothing.
However to use a charging device for a sophisticated electronic device such as a laptop computer it doesn’t work well or at all. It will run the device but the charging circuitry doesn’t respond properly. Just a heads up if that’s your intention. I have had no reports if these will charge an accessory battery pack although most of those will do better with a high output 12 volt --> USB adaptor anyway.
If you’re buying a little inverter for in-car/outdoor use (rated under 1000W - ignore peak numbers) I would really recommend getting one rated for marine use. You’ll pay about 50% extra, but I got tired of the non-marine ones dying on me.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
$40.88 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
I don’t get the COVID notification.
@stinks Good. That means you don’t have it. No testing necessary!
This thing has worse reviews than Trump.
/giphy not possible
@Felton10
/giphy internet winner
@Felton10 show me on the snowflake doll where the orange man touched you.
@Felton10 @jmquinn72 a snowflake is one who withholds life saving aide from states with leaders that “aren’t nice to him”
@jmquinn72 By disbanding the Pandemic task force right after he came into office because Obama instituted it, he showed himself to be a small petty man. And we are all suffering because of him.
@Felton10 @jmquinn72 Actually it was not “disbanded”, it was “reorganized and streamlined” to put pandemic and bioweapons experts in the same room. Look it up other than what the media is pushing and you will see that it was a bloated, wasteful agency and the reorganization was successful despite what the media says.
@dtaber1 @jmquinn72 It may be a matter of semantics but the following statement seems to be the consensus for what happened to it. “There is disagreement over how to describe the changes at the NSC’s Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense in 2018. The departure of some members due to “streamlining” efforts under John Bolton is documented. The “pandemic response team” as a unit was largely disbanded.”
Regardless if this team would have been left in place there would have been faster, easier, and better communication between the federal agencies that needed to deal with this.
@dtaber1 @Felton10 @jmquinn72 Nope. Duplicated effort with two separate groups is not better. Stop sniffing the CNN. They do not have the slightest intention of perceiving reality.
@dtaber1 @Felton10 @jmquinn72 @PatrickKarcher Most experts in pandemics seem to disagree with you. We were left with no functioning group to fight pandemics. Then our President didn’t think it would be a problem; he may have changed his mind.
@dtaber1 @jmquinn72 @PatrickKarcher And Faux Snews does? Rather watch the Cartoon Channel or the clown show the joke of a President puts on every day.
@Felton10, I would say someone who get their narratives (not news) from Sean Hannity and Fox and Friends in the morning, would be just as foolish as those who actually believe CNN/MSNBC/NYTimes/WashPost/etc. The leftist narrative networks are more pervasive and harder to get away from, and so being one of their sheep is very easy; but some do manage to be sheep of talk radio and Faux Snews, as you call it. I do not advocate being a sucker of either.
@andyw, I’m guessing you believe in Russian Collusion also? That Trump called neo-nazis fine people? That Michael Avanati was gonna take Trump down? That Trump would destroy the economy? That he would start a bunch of wars? These things were made very clear to you, just like ‘Trump didn’t take this seriously’.
But out in reality-land, Trump was the only world leader who cut off travel from Wuhan at the critical moment. Biden and CNN/etc. pundits disagreed, comically calling it racist (that actually all they know how to do). We know without that decisive action, we’d be really hurting now.
If you want to criticize President in the middle of a crisis where we need to all come together, you actually do have some material. For example, we agree that Bush senior or Obama would have done a much better job of communicating the balance of taking-this-seriously-it’s-a-crisis-act-now but also we-will-win-together-and-there-is-hope-and-we-got-this. (Gotta be prudent, at this juncture!) Very tricky. Clinton and BushJr probably would have handled that better than Trump too. Trump’s gotten a little better at that thank goodness, but still not his strongest mode, to be sure.
@andyw @PatrickKarcher Ok-I will give Trump some credit for cutting off travel to China, but his other non actions and statements which delayed everyone taking decisive actions and this Pandemic much more seriously are much more damaging. And he still says or does things that minimize his culpability and maximize his re-election chances that have nothing to do with the welfare of this country. He has to be persuaded to do things that are in the countries best interest. If a reporter asks him a difficult question, he insults them or call them a name. His reading of his prepared statements at the beginning of each virus update reminds me of a hostage reading a statement prepared by his captors which the reader neither believes nor understands.
As long as he continues to lie, I will continue to criticize-even in this time of national emergency.
@PatrickKarcher
@Felton10 @PatrickKarcher The President did say there were fine people on both sides, but I do not consider neo-nazis fine people, and one of them murdered a demonstrator.
He is recorded as minimizing the seriousness of the situation for weeks, if not months, including his recent statements about getting the economy back by Easter, giving medical advice not based on evidence, ignoring his medical advisors and saying he does not take responsibility for the situation (when I was in the Army, you were responsible for anything that did happen, or did not happen, under your command). There are many other recorded statements of his that have jeopardized our nation. It is fine to come together to repair our damage, but supporting actions and statements that are damaging is not helpful, nor is it morally correct. We all have an obligation to resist immoral statements (only wanting to give respirators to states with governors who agree with him, for instance).
If you say “PowerDrive 300W Power Inverter” backwards, you get , “Why isn’t this a fukubukuro?”
The math proves it.
The philatelist in me appreciates the visual pun in the last image.
@PooltoyWolf It’s not upside down.
@mike808 @PooltoyWolf But it’s inverted. Or an inverter. Close enough.
@mike808 That would be too many puns to handle!
Amazon reviews are dire. It doesn’t say but I’d assume this is a modified sine wave inverter.
The USB ports are only 500mW.
@jandrese every switching power supply I have doesn’t care about a modified sine wave signal. The two true sine wave inverters I’ve bought for our service trucks were around $1,000. Each. I’ve spent less on generators, but somebody needed something fancy. I think I spent this much on my 140 watt inverter I keep in my truck, so assuming this doesn’t blow up the first time it’s plugged in, it’s a pretty good deal.
@jandrese Probably. And “modified sine wave” actually means “nothing like a sine wave”. Fortunately, most things it could power don’t care.
@jandrese 500mW isn’t possible, where did this figure come from?
@jandrese From their manual:
@alanv73 @jandrese The figure (500) is right, but the units should be mA, not mW. It supplies 5 volts at 500 mA, or 2500 mW.
The D&D jokes are to die for.
Keep them coming. You guys are on a roll.
What’s really needed is a multi DC-DC converter. Such a waste to use an inverter like this only to plug a DC power brick into it, like a phone charger or for a laptop.
Even in this national crisis, I have my standards. Meh
again with the nipple clamps?
So I can buy 10 of these to run my microwave?
I may get this one. My car has a 15 Amp fuse on it’s cigarette lighter, 12 Volts * 15 Amp = 180 Watts maximum. The manual for this says “2. Power port plug: this cable is for smaller loads, up to 150 watts maximum.” That means it should be compatible. I found the manual here :
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/134004/Powerdrive-300.html
@cfg83 Not quite - that manual is for the RPPD-300 (a current model). The PD-300 manual can be found here:
https://www.manualshelf.com/manual/powerdrive/pd300/full-product-manual-english.html
(The RPPD has outlet covers, but appears to be the same specs as the PD model).
@rpstrong Thanks for the correction! I think I will pull the trigger. The fuse is usually built into the cigarette plug, so I can swap the fuse if it is larger than 15 Amps. That will allow me to protect the car battery and car fuse.
@cfg83 Likewise. I have no particular use for it now, but for under $20, I’m willing to wait and see what uses do turn up for it.
/buy
Like others, I was trying to figure out a use for this, in which you had a low-power gadget which absolutely needed AC power, and was usable on the road or while camping.
The best I came up with so far is a Raspberry Pi, they tend to require a bit more power than a 2A USB port can supply, So plug your 3A power supply into this, and provided it doesn’t fry the board, you’re good to go.
Otherwise, perhaps if you’re boondocking for a while and your power brick has died, and you don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon so you don’t want to waste gas idling your engine, you could recharge it directly from your car’s battery using this. Hopefully your power brick is one that can jump start your battery in case you drain it too far…
Any other ideas?
I just had one of my cheap CyberPower inverters croak, but I’ve got two more. Finally Meh hoarding pays off.
I use it to charge my laptop. I work in the field, and it’s often tough to find a place to plug it in on site. With an inverter I can charge it while I’m driving.
And sometimes I have to park somewhere and use the computer.
I could get a laptop charger with a 12V adaptor, but those cost more than these things.
I wouldn’t buy it based upon the photo on the packaging. What is that couple up to? How does this image help to sell a DC inverter? Makes me think anyone who would approve this packaging design probably shouldn’t be involved in creating anything…least of all something electrical.
@bainst when would the marketing department ever be selling shit to the engineers? They after targeting the masses not the techs
@bainst i really had to scroll too far this early to find out if anyone was gonna mention this. it looks like somebody stole a photo from an erectile dysfunction medication pamphlet. perhaps this device is going to ~jumpstart~ their marriage.
@bainst @jerk_nugget I mean if you’re both home and there’s no privacy maybe she needs to go outside to the car
@jerk_nugget I felt the same way. Jumpstart the marriage (nice), or a couple recalling how they survived a snowstorm stranded in their car…all because of this handy little device!
@unksol Or he stays in the truck when she’s putting him through the silent treatment.
@bainst I mean isnt she doing it wrong if she’s silent.
300 watts / 120 volts = 2.5 amps.
Basically, you can run a lamp or a laptop from this, but not anything like a drill or refrigerator. Those heavy duty looking grounded outlets on the front look kind of misleading.
@Steve7654 laptop charges require 3 prong
I bought a Bestek unit, same spec from Amazon last year on sale for the same price. Just a couple of comments. Aesthetically this PowerDrive unit is a zero. It almost looks like a child’s toy. Second there have been mentions to this already. The AC power coming out of these units isn’t super clean. For just running something that requires power below maximum specs that means nothing.
However to use a charging device for a sophisticated electronic device such as a laptop computer it doesn’t work well or at all. It will run the device but the charging circuitry doesn’t respond properly. Just a heads up if that’s your intention. I have had no reports if these will charge an accessory battery pack although most of those will do better with a high output 12 volt --> USB adaptor anyway.
Bad reviews on Amazon and discontinued…enough said.
@pixelated hence perfect meh product specs…
If you’re buying a little inverter for in-car/outdoor use (rated under 1000W - ignore peak numbers) I would really recommend getting one rated for marine use. You’ll pay about 50% extra, but I got tired of the non-marine ones dying on me.
precarious-worrisome-guide :