Inverter current when not under load

[jezport]

Was wondering what power people are finding that their inverters,are using when left on without load?

 

[jwells]

My Durite 1500w inverter takes approx. 0.8amp sitting in standby!

 

[Tombola]

2000w renogy 1 amp or less

 

[Derbyshire wanderer]

My sunshine solar 2000w psw is just over 400mA after the initial start surge

 

[Richard n Ann]

It just so happens I obsess about such things too Studer AJ300 series pure sine wave. Quiescent current 200ma (2.4w) I used to go to sleep, Ann would switch the tv off at 2am or whenever and the inverter would be on until the morning, but no problem

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[jezport]

I dont have any accurate way to measure my quiescent current but if my solar has filled the batteries up and I turn the inverter on standby the panel starts pulling around 14 watts. One night I left it on by mistake and my 6yrs+ AGM batteries dropped to 11v at 4AM in the morning. So it looks like my batteries are on the way out or the inverter threw a wobbly. The strange thing is the batteries seem fine and stop at over 12.8v overnight if not used, and with blown air heating on low overnight they still are at 12.6v in the morning. I am looking at going lithium anyway.

 

[Ditcha]

Victron multiplus 1600va -0.8 amp on standby

 

[SpeedyDux]

That's a lot of energy keeping the inverter warm on standby.

 

[Ditcha]

That's a lot of energy keeping the inverter warm on standby.

Amazing what you can do with lithium and plenty of solar 0.8amp not worth thinking about

 

[pappajohn]

Amazing what you can do with lithium and plenty of solar 0.8amp not worth thinking about

But when the sun ain't shining its 20 amps per 24 hours

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[Ditcha]

But when the sun ain't shining its 20 amps per 24 hours

Don't know what to do with the redundant energy 20amps a day would still be able to go 15 days with no charging, I run the fridge at times on 12v that takes 15amps different way of thinking with lithium from old school lead acid

 

[peterc10]

My Renogy 2000w inverter uses about 1 amp when on standby. Easy enough to just switch it off when not in use. When we are on EHU (not often) we leave it on all the time and it uses the mains to power the sockets wired into it, so no draw on batteries.