So heres my problem... my car broke down on the side of the road, so I pulled it into a neighborhood and parked it on the side of the road, till I can get it fixed/towed. 4 hrs later police department calls me and says I have one day to move it or they're gonna tow it. I need to replace my catalytic converter, so I got ac/dc converter, a dremel tool to saw the old one off, and everything I needed, BUT everytime I turn the dremel on my converter displays a red light and shuts its power off. the ac/dc con. puts out 125v, and the dremel takes 120v, my car battery is completely charged and the conv. is supplying enough power so whats wrong?
2007-09-13 16:18:11 · 6 answers · asked by nick 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
WE DONT KNOW
How many watts is the dremel, and How many watts does the inverter put out?
2007-09-13 16:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by mdcbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amps. What is the Watts rating of the converter Vs the Dremel? If is AC, the Dremel is an induction motor therefore has a starting current. The Amps goes high and the Voltage goes low like a short circuit for a brief moment. Now it trips it. That could be too. I can say the Inverter does not produce enough Watts. Watts=Current(amps) X Volts On AC there is some called Power Factor. So you have to see Amps X Volts X PF that is 1 as perfect 0 as really sucks!
See what is the output, Volts, Amps, Watts and what the Dremel uses on Volts, Amps and Watts.
The inverter has to have a higher Watts output than the Dremel needs.
2007-09-13 16:37:31 · answer #2 · answered by spammer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You gonna change a cat with a dremel tool ?? Those pipes are way too much you better get the hack saw. Your cat. can't ne so bad that it won't run enough to get it to a safe place.
2007-09-13 16:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by tronary 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the watts and the ac/dc converters advertise peek power not consistant power whatever it says you can only use half of what it says full time
2007-09-13 16:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by hammer27545 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your inverter is not providing you with enough wattage to run the dremmel.....get a hacksaw and cut a wedge in the pipe...just enough to allow it to breathe/exhaust
2007-09-13 16:35:02 · answer #5 · answered by RiverRat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to small of a converter to run the tool ...time to break out the hack saw
2007-09-13 16:33:40 · answer #6 · answered by Dale (aka drc40m) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋