most reliable inverter brand?

hey guys

plz suggest the most reliable inverter brand (Luminous/sukam/microtek/apc) that we can get here in india for fans, tubelights, t.v, computer ..........as i am confused.i mean which is best quality wise as well as which have the best after sales service...........i have seen reviews at various websites, but those are very misleading........plz help!...

Sukam is considered very good. They charge a fancy premium to boot. No idea about their after sales service.

APC's after sales service is excellent. They had replaced one inverter I had 4 times - they attributed to that particular batch having problem etc etc., which I had difficuty in accepting; BUT - each time - the replacement was on "no questions asked", delivered at home, incl., a change of address to another town. I can only wonder how many manufacturers will take such a bother?
On another occasion (this was with a UPS for the home PC), APC had delivered one 3 pin universal adapter to me driving across Delhi to Noida & after apologizing for the delay by calling from Bangalore for 10 mins! The cost they had incurred for that was definitely many times the cost of the single adapter which you can buy for ~Rs. 70!; So, service point of view, I will (have to!) vouch for APC.

I agree with you. My computer UPS got fried two times without damaging any connected electronics. Two times I called APC and they send some courier guy to pick my damaged ups and delivered another one. All without blaming my home wiring or lightning or without asking any silly questions. Their service is truly world class.

thanks guys

i have finally purchased a Su-Kam, Falcon i , 800VA inverter (Rs 4500/-), original trolly (Rs 800/-) , 150 AH Su-Kam battery (Rs 7800/-).

[135 AH su-kam battery is for Rs 7300/-, 150 AH battery gives a little more backup time]

Important Features:-

(1) noiseless

(2) it is pure sine wave inverter (as mentioned on the cover and mannual), but the dealer (he was very friendly) told me that it takes two batteries to make a pure sine wave, and said he wonders how a single battery inverter delivers pure sine wave?

Thanks Mandeep for posting this. On this forum many members (especially newly joined) ask suggestions/recommendations for various products and later vanish!

But you made a point to post what at the end you purchased. I also appeciate you for mentioning prices , that will certainly help not only to those who arre looking for an inverter but also to rest others by providing them some ball park pricing of a typical invertor.

By the way what is the back up time for a full load operation and how long it takes to charge the battery from fully discharged to fully charged state?

Regards

SUhas

thanks for the encouragement....

BACKUP-TIME:

(1) with 3 fan + 3 Tube Light + 1 TV (21”) = 2.6 Hrs, backup-time

(2) with 3 fan + 3 Tube Light = 3.2 Hrs, backup-time

(3) with 2 fan + 4 Tube Light = 3.4 Hrs, backup-time

(4) with 2 fan + 1 Tube Light + 2 CFL + 1 Computer = 3.5 Hrs, backup-time

(5) with 2 fan + 1 Tube Light + 2 CFL = 6 Hrs, backup-time

(6) with 1 Fan + 1 Tube Light = 11.1 Hrs, backup-time

CHARGING-TIME

Su-Kam Home UPS/INVERTER can charge its battery 40% faster (zero to full charge time =

2.0 hrs aprox.), which helps the product to work really efficiently and give much longer

power backup as compared to normal UPS in areas with frequent power cuts.