“I bought this to replace a two socket cig lighter that couldn't handle the 8 amp draw from my pie oven. The Kickass powerbox more than handles the oven thanks to the two 40amp Anderson plug input/outputs. Fantastic. Couldn't be happier.”
“So firstly, it is a useful power box that offers enough connections for devices, fits nicely in the back of a canopy Ute.
The issues that I have with this thing tho are as follows:
- The power meter is not accurate and is 0.02v out of accuracy. While it doesn't sound like much, when you are monitoring every drop of power it is quite crucial this is accurate. Tested against 2 other meters I have in my car and an accurate multi-meter this measures low consistently.
- Battery "level" indication is no where close to how I would have it display on the meter. Seems when it reads 12.4v this is about 60% flat battery according to the LED battery level of the meter. It's just a poor quality meter.
- Light switch is "momentary" and does not maintain an on state when you remove power to the box so light is always off when connected. This is more a gripe than an issue since in my vehicle this is connected to a switch to power it on and I would have loved it to switch on the light when I power it up.
- All fuses internal. It would have been nice to have the fuses accessible from the outside since if a fuse blows I have to unbolt it from it's installation, take the back off and then locate the internal fuses.”
