Reliable 3000W Pure Sine Wave Inverter Review and Test
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This inverter is very affordable for the power you get so I had to try it out. After putting it through some tests at 3000 watts I decided it was worth sharing. It handled all the tests that I put it through so I was pleased with its performance. I will continue to use it and let everyone know how it holds up over time.
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I own these inverters now over 3yrs on a 4600 watt solar and 1500 amp hr bank. They run my fridge freezer one horse motors on tools they are still running.
Newbie advice: If you need to start a motor against a load - air compressor, cement mixer, dryer, you need an LF Low Frequency - inverter. The big giveaway is the end plate. LF inverters have a square end plate and they are dramatically heavy. The big flaw: they suck up a whole bunch of current when they are not producing.
This is an HF inverter. This produces clean power, and it draws about one third of the idle standby current of an LF inverter
My plan is to get the 2500 watt version of this to run kitchen appliances and electronics, and get a 5000 watt LF inverter for shop and ranch use. Swap them as needed, make the WZRLB the default unit and the LF inverter the occasional use unit.
So the deal would be to use the LF when you need to run a heavy load, and use the other to run the house
Thank you for that very informative video. Wished i had seen it earlier it would have saved me money.
I just ran across your review here. You did an excellent job providing real world tests. I own the 3500 watt 24V version. I have not used it much, since it's for grid down backup mostly. A few things to point out is that it's still a "budget" inverter. There are many engineering shortcuts taken to get the price range down. One big problem is that these do not have a real neutral and ground like a house. They use a floating ground/neutral! If you connect it up like house wiring, you'll let the magic smoke out! All those fuses are a joke. If the thing actually pops it's fuses, the new ones will pop too. Goodbye MOSFET transistors and some. Idle current is a bit high. An amp or more is sucked out just to keep it alive. As you found out, AC voltage regulation sucked. Ya, it started the vac with heater, but you see voltage dropped to like 78? One way the sneaky bastards got their so called 6000 watt surge rating is that it soft starts. Plug a hi draw appliance into it, THEN flip the power switch on and the appliance may start and run. If inverter is already up and running and you switch on that hi current start appliance, good luck! Of course, it's NOT UL listed! It would fail easily. Keep it away from things like radial arm saws, big chop saws, larger air compressors and the like and it will be ok.
I believe he did say "happy camping" so that would suggest this is more likely for people camping and/or small off grid applications and not for running chop saws, radial arm saws and large compressors. A 3000w pure sine wave inverter under $400 is going to be tough to beat at this point in time. The durability is still a question mark but then again that isn't something that can be assessed at this point. Your information is noted though. Take care.
It will actually peak at about 3500 watts. If you look at the fuses, you have 8 40 amp fuses in there, giving 320 amps total. At 12 volts, that will allow a maximum draw of 3840 watts from the 12 volt battery. When you had the heater running, and switched on the ShopVac, the output voltage dropped down to 70 volts, then came up as the vacuum motor came up to speed. That would be a problem, for an induction motor. If you're using this inverter to power your rooftop AC unit, turn on the AC unit first, then the inverter has plenty under the hood for additional loads, including a microwave oven. Induction motors are hard to start. This inverter will actually do better than a portable generator of the same rating. When connecting batteries, I recommend placing a battery on each side of the inverter, then, connecting each battery, with its own cables, to the inverter lugs. That will help the batteries current share, and will reduce the total length of wire necessary between the battery terminals, and the inverter lugs. You're very wise, to fatten up those cables. I actually melted the heat shrink on the cables that came in the box. Those cables are appropriate for the 1500 watt model, but just aren't beefy enough for this honest 3000 watt inverter. Keeping the voltage up on the lugs, goes a long way towards maintaining output voltage, under heavy loads. This inverter requires 270-300 amps at 12 volts to maintain 25 amps, 110 volts at the output,(3000 watts). Place the inverter as close as possible to the battery, with the thickest, shortest cables possible. You need 200 AH minimum battery capacity, for LiFePO4 batteries,(The kind you had in the video,) or 400 AH AGM lead acid sealed batteries, or 600 AH of flooded cell batteries (6 golf cart batteries!) Otherwise, the lug voltage drops below 12 volts, and the output voltage drops below 110 volts. Obviously, the golf cart batteries will run the longest, but the lithiums are a good choice for something like a microwave oven, where you need huge amounts of power for minutes at a time. That cheap inverter is a lot of "bang for the buck". It is big, it demands a big battery.(I own that inverter, and I've put it through a "battery" of tests). PUN INTENDED!!!!!! I run mine off of 4 100 AH LiFePO4 batteries, and the inverter really performs well with that many batteries keeping the voltage up under load.
Great info!
Hi Jim, Mike here in Punta Gorda Florida, love your channel and all the info you provide. Thank you so much. Always look forward to your new video's...
I used to live in Sarasota Florida. I also had family in Punta Gorda. I believe it was hurricane Charley that really hit Punta Gorda hard while I was there. I am glad you like the videos. Thank you for the comment and happy camping. Jim
I have seen voltage on heave loads drop to about 98 volts. With a air compressor on a long extension. It worked as usual. Even though the open circuit voltage was about 117v. Nice review. What I like about these. You can order nearly any voltage. 12 to 72+v and they actually try to improve their products . repair slight design faults and such to make a better product. Thanks
I know this was for testing. However, running 1500 watt motors should have at least a 4000W inverter behind it. It is wise to have triple the watts needed when you buy an inverter.
I know this is an old comment but the nice thing about these inverters is they're advertising its CONTINUOUS wattage, not peak. ReliableElectric (at that time, I don't know about now) used to double their peak on some, like my 1500w.
So, this would've been 3k continuous and a higher peak. 👍🏼
Very professionally done. I wish all videos were like this one.
I appreciate that. Thanks for the comment and happy camping. Jim
Hi Jim, it's been a year now with this inverter, how is it holding up?
I av just bought one and it works brilliant nice solid inverter worth every penny loved the video
Many things wrong here , first to avoid spark and destroy your batteries or inverter you need to fill the capacitor with a resistor Secondly those wires are not design for that as they are cheap wires and get hot , you need 2/0 awg which I’m glad that you corrected that at the end and 3rd you didn’t balance the batteries when connecting them. You need one positive on one battery and the negative in the opposite battery to creat a proper Balance and discharge 🙈🙈🙈🙈
This unit completely packs up working if you short circuit the unit and you fuses don't blow, The digital screen stops desplaying, without power.
Hate to break it to you but the most watts you actually were able to put out of those batteries was 2560 watts in a perfect world. Your LiFe batteries were 12.8V x 100 amp hour = 1280 watts x 2 batteries = 2560 Watts. However if they are actually putting out 100 amps the voltage will drop from 12.8V to much lower which means you would get less watts out of the batteries. You never want to push a battery to its max like you did to get the most out of it. This is why you want more batteries in your bank to keep from the massive drops. In reality you were probably at 12V x 200 amps = 2400 watts. While the vacuum and heater worked they were not at 100 percent of rated watts. You were not at 3000 like you thought. Hence all your issues with the voltage drops. If you had a 3rd battery, the test would have been performed successfully, as you would have had 3840 watts available from the battery bank. Under load it would have probably been closer to 3600 watts of available power. Thank you for trying though. At least we know it is still a good inverter.
Really enjoyed your analysis....and you made it all very understandable. Thanks.
I just placed the order for this unit .I hope it’s a good one .these things are are all over the place for quality. I have worn out 2 aims pure sine 4000/10000. Both gave me fits from day one. $1000 each.I have another 5000 watt/10000 mod sine from cheapo freight and it has worked for 2 years and is going strong .$289. But I need the pure sine for the high efficiency 13500 ac.i got a intelipower to handle the charging work.thanks for the great review.
Looking to buy this unit, due to this video, price, and desire for pure sine wave. I was wondering if you would recommend it yourself? How is it been working for the two weeks you've had it? Thanks!
@@kirk326 Mine is now going on 6 months without any major problems. One thing it does not like is starting one of our refrigerators if it was running and then stopped and restarted. Reason being that the 24V 3000 watt unit does look to save power when there is no load. So when it has to go from no load to about 600 watts to kick in the refrigerator, the fridge will trip the thermal overload on the compressor. Cold kick in is not a problem. My solution, I put a Power Jack 3000 watt transformer on as a light load. Then it has no problem with the fridge. You also can notice it when starting a circular saw that draws 15 amps. Again, the dummy load keeps it from being noticed. The cables on mine do not get warm because those same size cables are used on the 24V unit. 12 volt unit may not have the same power down feature. Otherwise, it is a decent unit.
Good review. Read the reviews out there and it's about 50/50. Some say its crap and others like these units. I read many posts about people wanting to run large items like AC units and I don't think people are very realistic when it comes to what these units and their battery bank and what can actually be done.
Great video, I appreciate the details review. I have a 2500w inverter and it will often shutoff at 1200-1500watt draws. But I'm using the smaller cables that came with it, and they do get warm. I'll upgrade the cables and see how it performs after that.
I have the same suddenly having problems, clicking and red light flickering... I noticed the light in my small fridge pulsing too...not sure what’s up. It’s also been randomly beeping.
I like the way you do things, nice video
Good stuff. I like your practical approach.
good advice about the 2 gauge wire. I'm about to buy an inverter and I'm looking for the do's and don't for hooking one up for the first time.
Even that 2 gauge wire is too small at 24v 2 gauge can only handle around 95 amp draw on the battery. At 3000 watts 24v 125amps you really need 1/0 wire that can handle 150amps.
Thanks Jim. I've been looking for a unit like that and the prices really impressive.
I have not had this unit very long. I can't say how it'll hold up over time but it seems like it's pretty solid with its build quality. Usually I'm a Xantrex guy but for the price point I had to check this one out. Thank you for the comment and happy camping. Jim
@@fullmoonadventureclub how good has it been its 2yrs from now
Thanks for the look inside. Very clean.
on your surge test you have to add extension cords because that will make a difference and a heater on a cold start is were it really drains the batteries so when its hot the surge is lower when back on
I don't know if you noticed, but it looked to me like it got down to 75 at 10:30. It was only for a moment, but it did hit. Go real slow on your footage and verify. Then, please let us know if that causes any damage. Thanks.
The output voltage does dip for a second down there but only when I was pushing it past 3000 Watts when I started the wet dry vac. If your intention is to run any inverter or power source at 3000 Watts I would upgrade to a four or five thousand watt unit. You never really want to Max these things out all the time. As far as the voltage drop goes it could put extra strain on Motors like refrigerators overtime but only if you're pushing the inverter at its maximum output. When I ran 1500 watts off of the unit it never dropped below 108. So if you're going to be starting something that's 3000 Watts often I would upgrade. Jim
That would be a problem for induction motors, like your rooftop AC unit. It's best to turn that on first, let the inverter get that going, then, there is plenty of reserve power for other things that don't have that starting surge. It will even power a microwave oven at the same time, as long as the AC starts first. The inverter "throttles back", rather than tripping. It will only draw a maximum of 300 amps, which works out to about 3600 watts, from the battery. The fuses inside will only handle a maximum of 320 amps, so it has to drop output voltage, to keep from blowing those fuses. This inverter will only maintain output voltage to about 3500 watts. It WILL outperform a 3000 watt portable generator, if connected to a big enough battery bank.
Love the Brandenburg Concerto by Bach as the background music. lol
I like over-kill on the cables-- I would go to 2/0 cables (high-flex welding rated with silicone insulation).
I used 4/0 awg x2 on positive and same on .negative and my 15000 btu AC unit with my 3,500 watt continuous.
Yes 1/0 is the minimum for the 125 amps at 24v
You are a professional! That’s all I have to say...
Thank you. It's great information to know!
9:50 "Just fine"? Nope. A drop in the vac was noticeable. "Well enough might have been a better choice". Thanks for the demo, though, good to know.
Exactly turning on the vac would with other loads other than a basic resistive load like that heater on could lead to a brown out (below 75VAC at one point) on other devices and possibly damage.... I would say this might be a decent but imperfect inverter. But its really hard to comment like that without cracking it open.
Very well done review. I have two more I’m considering will see if you teviewed
Looking to use an 1800w electric tea kettle. Currently my 2000w inverter and 100AH Lithium Battle Born can not handle the demand. I should have gone 3000w :-(
This is not a test. With these off brand inverters what we need you to do is run it through an oscilloscope to check the quality of the sine wave. The problem with most of these off brand Chinese inverters is there claimed "pure" sine wave is actually a triangular ish trash wave that leads to terrible inefficiencies and huge battery loss. WE NEED TO YOU CHECK THE QUALITY OF THE WAVE!
Great stuff !
Nice review and explanation bro. A piece of suggestion though.. why not try 4 packs of battery or more to see how much period of time will be added running that inverter with heavy loads such as ref and aircon.? And why not try to add a high amps battery charger at the same time to charge those batteries to have a continuous free energy? (Just a wondrin' thought) i've been lookin for that concept anywhere on this domain but i failed to see one. Sorry for the words, it's not my native tongue. No offense meant. I'm eager to have your reply to my comment. Thanks and more power
there is, inherent in every system, energy lost, through heat in cables or inefficient components. plugging a battery charger into an inverter ran off a battery, and connecting the charger to the same battery powering the inverter, will do nothing more than slowly run down the charge of the battery. if you have 2 batteries, you can swap the charge from one to the other, each swap resulting in less charge, eventually leaving both batteries discharged below the minimun operating voltage of the inverter
Thanks a million for the video , this afternoon I was going to order a 24V/3000W pure sine wave , after seeming this test i will go for this unit and want to know if they make 24V units and how i can order one .I need MPPT 60amp. charge controller and 24 V Li ion battery for stand alone system .Regards and God bless
Would like to see a wattage meter and a large display panel.
Great job
Thank you so much for the great clear info! I've seen some inverters has 2 sockets that says "grounding" what are these?
Great video! I'd be interested to know what it's no-load current is tho.
Many thanks.
I believe it draws 2 amps in standby. Most inverters that size do. Jim
Thanks. I'm using one of their 800w 24v units in my UK off grid home for powering the bare essentials on battery, and I can honestly say the no load current is as advertised! Fantastic little inverter. However I am just about to buy the 2500w because the surge current for the fridge/freezer is about 1500w or thereabouts and I'd like to add it to the essential supply without the additional standby current.
Many thanks.
@@antiqueelectronica3921 thanks for all your details on your off grid house. It's always good to have real feedback from people that are doing it in the field. Take care and thanks for watching. Jim
3000 Watt Inverters Prominently want 4/0 Cables mainly in 12 Volt and 24 Volt Systems are allot Cooler running with 2/0 Gauge Cables
i bought the 3000 watt 24 volt inverter 6 mounths ago have yet to try it out
Very nice
If you use a 24v system, you will need less thick cables.
Not for a 3000 watt inverter! 24v at 3000 watts is 125 amp draw on the battery. You really need 1/0 wire for 150 amps. 2awg is only good for 95amp
One comment on your connection technique. The way you connected the batteries to the inverter does not balance the current usage from the batteries. Battery #1 will be delivering more current than battery #2. A better connection method is to connect the red cable from the inverter to battery #1 (+) and then connected the black cable from the inverter to battery #2 (-). This balances the wire voltage drops and insures equal amounts of current from both batteries.
When the voltage dropped to 75V, the current surges, with inductive loads. This is not good. The waveform shape when fully loaded would be interesting to see. I suspect is not very sinusoidal, even at 50%
These inverters actually produce a better sine wave, than a plug in your house, up to about 2200 watts. At 28-3000 watts, you can see a little distortion, and high frequency ripple. I suspect core saturation of the inductor. (That round yellow thing near the output plugs). Powerful batteries with short thick cables between them and the inverter lugs, helps maintain output voltage, as well as a clean sine wave, when running fully loaded. At 50% or less, it's a better power source, than plugging in to the wall at home.
@@vincentrobinette1507 Yep. Exactly what I saw with my scope. My batteries are always kept well charged so there is very little voltage drop when in use.
I was under the impression that the proper hook up for an inverter to batteries in parallel was to us a positive or negative of "end" battery as it were and the opposite "positive or negative "beginning" battery? making sure that all the positive and negative connections including ones to the inverter are of equal lengths per paired jump? this would allow for battery monitors to monitor equal resistance across (in this example) "one" set of "two" parallel batteries vs the "slight" unequal resistance to just the "end" battery?
I ask this question due to I watch a different video you posted on running your RV AC directly off your two lithium batteries. and in the video, you had two separate monitors one xantrax monitor and a power pro
@@brentcurry8376 you are correct in your first statement where you hook the positive terminal to battery number one and the negative terminal on the end battery or battery number two to give you proper flow across the entire battery Bank. I'm not exactly sure in which video I don't hook it up in this way but if it was a test it's possible that it was just done quickly and not a permanent install. Jim
Anyone else almost miss the negative cables covered for almost the entire shot by his right hand when he was connecting... had to slow down the video just to catch that. At first I was like "Whoa buddy... you should have re-shot that scene. Batteries don't work like that" while my mouse hovered over the back button in my browser. Good video though, thnx for reviewing this product.
I'm not sure I understand what your talking about. Everything looks fine to me. Can you be more specific and give the time in the video you saw a problem. Thanks and take care. Jim
@Judith Meives Actually, connecting the positive terminals of both batteries is a parrallel connection and keeps the batteries at 12 volts with double capacity. What you are referring to is a series connection for 24 volts. In this video I used 2 12 volt batteries in parrallel to produce 12 volts. I hope that helps. Take care and happy camping. Jim
@@fullmoonadventureclub good video. I purchased the 3500 watt pure sine endurable unit hardwired my 30 amp rv receptacle box to it and wired 4. 4/0.CABLES 2 to each terminal on my 1410 AH 12v bank
I run my 15,000 btu AC unit 1,336 watt hours just fine. My wind turbine and 1800 watt solar array kicks butt and charges everything up quick I camp 100% off grid. I also have a powerbright 6kw to 12 kw msw imverter hardwired to 30 amp rv box that's sucker is bad ass. It's never not worked except on a coffee maker once that needed puresine. I tow my system behind my camper on a trailer I love it.
Btw pluging the vac lessens the load less resistance for the fan blades in the pump
What?? Are you trying to say that restricting air flow with your hand on vac reduces load or work on vac motor?
is he wrong@@theronwinsby?
the 2 agm batts are holding it back by the looks of voltage
Those were lithium Iron Phosphate batteries: Much more powerful than AGM lead acid. This inverter needs 270-300 amps from 12 volts, to produce it's full rated power. You're exactly right. You need a substantial battery, to keep the voltage at the inverter input lugs high enough to maintain output voltage under full load. Short, fat cables from the batteries to the inverter are crucial for good performance at heavy loads.
@@vincentrobinette1507 That exactly is why I went with a 24 volt unit. Full load is only 125Amps and I have a 150Amp circuit breaker protecting it. My 2000 Watt Harbor Freight modified square wave inverter needs a 300Amp one for its use as it has in the past hit 3000Watts. Funny how the first thing I now try to run when the power goes out is the one tube A/C unit as Florida heat and humidity gets to you in a short time at my age. I use dual purpose deep cycle batteries from Exide in a series-parallel setup to get 220 AH ( 20 hour rating ) at 24Volts ( 4 110AH 12V batteries ). They work fine with 300Amp rated main cables and doubled #4s for the connecting cables.
Nice video. I noticed you have batteries that are $1,000+. Why have high-end batteries and use a budget invertor? Is the budget invertor better than high-end invertors?
That is just what I used to test the inverter. I personally use Xantrex which are much more high-end inverters.
For how long consecutive can this inverter be power using electronics.?
I bought the same inverter 24v..the only complaint I have that the 2 Fans inside to keep it cool are Loud as hell .. very annoying..!
Hello Jim, over a year ago you did a video on a xantrex freedom xc 2000w true sine wave inverter/charger. I was wondering if you were still using it and if you would recommend it? I am building a cargo trailer conversion and will be doing my electrical from scratch. I really like this because it’s an inverter/charger and has a 30amp transfer switch. I hope that you can help me out with this, thank you sir for your time.
Is it ok and not damage a 4000 watt inverter to plug in a parallel kit so I can have a 30 RV receptacle ?
How long would those batteries last if you were to continuously run the heater and vac?
As long as the batteries don´t discharge, they can last 5 o 6 years or more.
Please do a max surge power like multiple motor at one time like two vacuum at once, all the inverter I have up to 8000watt can't handle two vacuum at once, it's just frustrated.
Has issues starting a regular vacuum cleaner that runs fine off my other pure sine 2000 watt inverter and trips a gfci breaker on a different circuit all which didn’t happen on my high end unit.
didn't expect much for the price but just turned on with no load it apparently creates enough heat to need to cycle the fans every 5-10 minutes. I haven't really put my normal loads on it yet but my other inverter which is substantially more money for only 2000 watts only starts cycling fans after 50% load
any own help me little i want to get the 24v inverter 5,000 watt in the brain think there any good
see so many bad rev.
I am setting battery bank of two 150AH batteries in series. What is the smallest inverter I can use. Thax.
You can use any size inverter you want with those batteries. It's just a matter of what you want the inverter to power. Just size the inverter to whatever you're trying to power. If your microwave uses a thousand watts and that's all you need then get a 1500 watt inverter. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching the happy camping.
How work the remote control.
How many amps did the 3k inverter draw from the battery?
i want to wire my reliable electric inverter to an offgrid sub panel but the inverter is reading 60v from neutral to ground and I'm not sure what to do. I feel tying neutral to ground would short the inverter. I just need to know how to wire it into the panel. Could somebody please offer advice? Is just not using a ground my only option?
GOOD JOB MUST BUY NEW CABLES.
Hi. How much would be the solar charger controller (mppt) is advisable for that inverter? Thanks!
Great review; Thank You!
Great video, i would like to ask you what do you recommend to run directly from the car's cigarettes' lighter and where am i supposed to locate the power inverter while it's connected to the car.
Here in Houston we just went through a few days of blackout with lows in the ten's and snow, but i wasn't prepared. I would really appreciate your advice.
I am looking forward to get everything i need for an apartment so those huge power generators are a nono, maybe an inverted generator would do it. I would've loved to be able to cook hot meals for me an my family and maybe run a couple of mini heaters but i had nothing. Now i don't want to make the same mistake all over again.
To run anything significant in your car you do not want to use the cigarette lighter. The wiring is to small. You will need thick cables running straight to the battery. You may also want to check out something like this inverter solar generator for emergencies. th-cam.com/video/GhIZveeSM9M/w-d-xo.html I hope that helps. Take care.
Dis you figure it out?
What is Ture sine wave
A pure sine wave is a more uniform form of electricity that more closely resembles energy you would get at home from a power grid. It is safer for electronics. Some inverters use a modified sine wave that produces "dirty power" and can sometimes damage sensitive electronics. I hope that helps. Take care.
Would a 2000 watt inverter run OK with 4 t105 trojan batteries wired In series & parallel plz
Hello Mate! Can you please give a link also where to buy these lithium ion batteries? Thank you in advance :)
This link will get you over $100 off lithium batteries. I hope that helps. lionenergy.com/discount/adventure?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fbatteries%2Fproducts%2Flion-safari-ut-1300%3Fafmc%3D37
Ordered on the other day. Not came across any negative reports this far. Did you notice if the fuses are soldered in or are in sockets ?
If memory serves they were in sockets. Jim
are they made of mosfets or transistors inside? thx
Can u review our pure sine inverter 1500W?
Is is bad to by a pure sine wave inverter that has a converter built in?
My wzrelb 3000 watt inverter from reliable power tripped my equipment and then started to smoke. Power maybe reliable? ... Not recommended. Other you tube reviews show zero short circuit protection. Risk of fire or damage to unit is possible and therefore expense.
How good would this test go with just one 100Ah Lithium battery?
The same. You can pull 100 amps out of most lithium batteries. Ji.
@@fullmoonadventureclub Thank you.
So you have to hook the inveter to like a car battery?
Correct. Deep cycle batteries are preferable.
When I search up deep cycle battery Duracell looking car battery’s come up are those it?
@@Tttggggggg yes. Deep cycle batteries look similar to car batteries. Jim
fullmoonadventureclub thank you. I came back from autozone and snatched the “2005 Dodge Durango 4.7 v8 engine” deep cycle battery. I got it to run my 24 inch tv and Xbox one X. So far so Great.
Oh and I have a 400 wattage portable ac outlet!
Update ...it did not work properly right out of the box. 12 volt display was dead. On a bench test hooked to six ,105 amp hour batteries it could not start a 13500 high efficiency rv AC. This AC uses 1180 watts running and I am sure has a 4x surge. 😳
Great Video Thanks!! :)
How do you use inside your camper?
You just connect it to your batteries and then you can plug appliances into it. If you want it wired into your RV it requires wiring and electrical expertise and should be installed by a professional. I hope that helps. Jim
Better, if you can place the inverter closer to the battery(s), and run thick, short cables to the inverter, then, run extension cords to the loads, if you can't just plug in your RV cord. Better to run the high voltage AC than low voltage DC.
How long would the batteries last running those? Curious if you could have that running but also power a battery charger at the same time to keep the batteries up?
Thx Al
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I'm wanting to install something like this in my pickup for emergency and remote power. Would a bank of 4 batteries help with the voltage drop on the DC side at full load? Also could I charge that bank with my trucks alternator as if it were my trucks starting battery.
might need an alternator upgrade
The batteries are connected wrong. You are really only cooling off of one battery.
How is the inverter now
Hi! I just bought the same machine, I conected it to my solar sistem it was working well but the fans started to run very often, with or withour courant. With courant more often but still, it's very stange. Is this normal ?
I would try cleaning the fan blades off. Jim
@@fullmoonadventureclub why would he fan be dirty on a new unit??
Maybe the internal temp sensor is faulty, or not tight. It would be sending false info.
How is the inverter
How long will batteries stay charged?
can use 12v car 100ah battery Reliable 2500w Pure Sine Wave inverter charge Renault Twizy???
I picked up one of these a week or so ago... work(ed) well until today then turned off under about a 500w load. I checked the inverter and the battery voltage was showing but 120v current was showing. There was a red light blinking inside. I turned the unit off... then turned it back on... the battery voltage displayed correctly but the 120v power would cycle up to 60v then go back to zero and start cycling up toward 60 again... it did this 2 or three times then there was a loud bang and smoke. I turned off and disconnected the unit and I'm going to return it. Bad luck or bad unit? wondering if I should order a replacement or something else. I had a zantrex for years without incident... occasionally a GFCI outlet might pop and need to be reset but nothing like this.
Yeah I really don't know. I haven't used one long enough to tell you if it lasts for a long time or not. Mine worked well in testing up to the full 3000 Watts. But I am a big fan of Xantrex myself. That's what I currently have in my RV. I think you probably got a fall to unit.
@@fullmoonadventureclub Thanks for the quick reply/feedback. I had good luck with the Zantrex but I need a 3000w inverter with a hardwired connection so I can setup a near 30amp RV hookup. The 2000w zantrex I had was really only 1800 continuous so basically a 15a circuit so I'm constantly turning things off to do other things and shuffling power. Zantrex doesn't seem to have anything with the features I'm looking for at a less than crazy price. So thought I would try reliable. Have you heard anything about Giandel?
@@alchemist1138 I'm afraid I have not. My own experiences with reliable and Xantrex.
Mine hasn't blown up, yet, but i do have a problem when my batteries are totally full. Irrespective of load (in the 20% of capacity range) before the regulator changes to float mode or during equalising the voltage trips everything and i must wait a few minutes before the ac circuit starts getting power.
It didn't handle the heater and vac very well... voltage dropped to 106 which will decrease heater output significantly (ohms law), and cause the motor in the vac to draw more amps.
Also, a true test takes time.. need to let the components in the inverter heat up.
Needs bigger wire that's why. 1/0
can you recharge the battery with a generator where do you plug in a generator?
youre looking for a/c 120v to dc 12v. standard 12v battery charger takes 120v outlet power and converts it to 12v dc and charges battery.
a generator usually will put out 120v ac powered from gasoline, while this inverter outs out 120v ac powered from a 12v dc battery
Looks just like the Xantrex Freedom family
They do have about the same dimensions. However the Xantrex has a display with a lot more information and some other features that this one does not. Jim
Does anyone think an inverter upgrade is more for 5th wheels or small campers compared to Motor Homes?
Do you have to ground this inverter to get it to run ground detecting appliances?
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that but I would assume so.
@@fullmoonadventureclub Thanks for posting, you had better luck than me th-cam.com/video/ab8PqOpbWLo/w-d-xo.html but your video helps me feel less stupid, when I hook mine up the exact same way and it starts acting funny.
Could you hook it up to a car battery if car is running?
Yep. I don't know if you can use all three thousand watts of power but you can definitely run some smaller items
corolla 13 can run 3000 watt inverter? r
I got one the same, but mine 2000w, use only a couple months the voltage up and Dow shit brand. there’s not commercial Quality long team for use.
Still kicking?
So far so good. But I must admit during the winter I haven't had a chance to use it very often. Perhaps three other instances where I tested it pretty fully. Just to be honest. Jim
I have the 36V version. 8 times 10A fuses soldered on. The PE 16:06 was not connected in my case and when connecting it the voltmeter shows half cycle voltage on earth. The datasheet shows it has overload protection but it never turned off in my case. Ive managed to blow 4 of the 8 fuses today by a 1.5kw chainsaw turning it on when the chain was stuck. Does anyone know if there is a software overload protection?
If I used this with 400watts 12v solar system, to 24v battery, would that set up run fine?
It doesn't matter what solar setup you have as long as it's going to the battery bank through the charge controller setup for 24 volts and the battery is running the inverter. If you have a 24 volt battery system you need a 24 volt inverter. This review is for a 12 volt inverter system.
Thanks for the response. So the charge controller must me 24v as well? The one that came with the panel is a mppt 40A. I am trying to set a hurricane/ power loss type thing. Not to live off it constantly. Is this 24v idea too much then?
@@luisirizarry2767 you can probably use the mppt charge controller to run a 24 volt system you just have to check it and make sure it can be set that way. Then you just need to set up your 12 volt batteries in in series to get 24 volts. Make sure your inverter runs off 24 volts when you buy it and you should be fine.
All depends on your loads and how long you want them to run. I haven't installed my new charge controller but the current Ming He is boosting the 12V rated voltage solar system ( panels rated at 18V for best output ) up to 105V for the 24V nominal battery string. The new controller will allow up to 60V input for a 24V nominal system. I currently have 600 watts installed with another 200Watts worth of panels to install once I get the new controller in place. How many AH are your batteries rated for?
Let’s throw some more heaters on there and let sit overnight 😉 nice video man!
How do you replace the fuses?
Open the cover. The fuses can then be accessed. Jim