Inverters

Wildbill said:
As long as it works her microwave and at the moment I am trying to convince her there all crap no matter the brand
WB
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It may damage electronics if it's not pure sinewave. Many cheap ones are advertised as pure sinewave but if you put them on a scope they are modified sinewave.
 
oldiesontour said:
Very happy with mine ,only downside I found a few days ago...having fitted a 240v fridge freezer to the van was going to run it from edecoa but found inverter drawing circa 1.7ah when nothing running ( x 24 hrs a day ... nearly the same as the fridge freezer uses) so tried another (Chinese no name )2000w inverter I had and it draws .27 ah a big difference ! . Doesn't matter as I now use the no name for the freezer and edecoa gets turned on only when needed for air fryer etc,( via a charging resistor)
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Mine draws about 1.5 AH if the inverter is turned on but not using anything, so that would be 36 amps/day.
However if the inverter itself is turned on, on its on/off switch, but on the remote display it is is turned off ie standby it only draws 0.1AH or 2.4 amps/day.
Does yours have a remote as it makes a massive difference to power drain when not being used ?
 
headlight said:
Mine draws about 1.5 AH if the inverter is turned on but not using anything, so that would be 36 amps/day.
However if the inverter itself is turned on, on its on/off switch, but on the remote display it is is turned off ie standby it only draws 0.1AH or 2.4 amps/day.
Does yours have a remote as it makes a massive difference to power drain when not being used ?
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Yes I have remote but unfortunately it wouldn't help with fridge freezer.I have an isolator switch so it gets turned off completely when not in use average use is once maybe twice a day and is turned on via isolator and charging resistor
 
oldiesontour said:
Yes I have remote but unfortunately it wouldn't help with fridge freezer.I have an isolator switch so it gets turned off completely when not in use average use is once maybe twice a day and is turned on via isolator and charging resistor
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Ah yes you're running your fridge on electric, I'm running mine on gas.
Because mine is only drawing 0.1AH on standby and I have 230 amps of LifePo4 and 230 watts of solar I haven't bothered fitting an isolator.
Even in winter my van gets used at least once a month, so if solar hasn't covered the standby drain my 60 amp B2B soon has the battery at 100% SOC.
 
headlight said:
Ah yes you're running your fridge on electric, I'm running mine on gas.
Because mine is only drawing 0.1AH on standby and I have 230 amps of LifePo4 and 230 watts of solar I haven't bothered fitting an isolator.
Even in winter my van gets used at least once a month, so if solar hasn't covered the standby drain my 60 amp B2B soon has the battery at 100% SOC.
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I fitted the isolator just as a matter of interest my opinion good practice ,power shortages is not a problem with 640ah lithium 440w fixed solar and 200w folding solar and B2B + as backup 100amp mains charger and suitcase generator(never used it yet)

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An 8Kw inverter would need cables that weighed more than your van. AS for demand on batteries, LA aren't really up to it. LifePO4 are safer than LA. Do not confuse them with pure lithium batteries which are the 'instant bonfire' ones.
 
Is this the one Bill.

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£27 won't buy the necessary heavy cables.
No more pure sine than a glass of water.
Save your money.

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