I have a 36 foot toy hauler.The 2 roof top ac’s wouldn’t cool below 80 when hot.Bought a 9k btu mini-split and cools down to 70 when hot.Half the power too.Heat works great too.
Thanks for an honest review! Idle power consumption is a major issue for me. It seems the larger the inverter the greater the idle consumption and therefor, the lower overall efficiency. Some of those big wall-mounted units from Victron and EG4, etc., have even higher idle consumption. Efficiencies in the 80's is pretty bad.
a lot of the bigger inverters draw quit a bit of power just an example: SUNGOLD 4000W DC 12V Pure Sine Wave Inverter with Charger. Idle Consumption 45W AIMS Power 4000 Watt Pure Sine Inverter Charger Idle Consumption: 50 Watts AIMS, 2500 WATT LOW FREQUENCY PURE SINE INVERTER CHARGER 12 VDC to 120 VAC Idle consumption: 55 watts AIMS, 3000 Watt Pure Sine Inverter Charger 12V, Idle Consumption: 55 Watts * Power Saver Mode Idle Consumption: 21.7 Watts
Aims and sungold power are Sigineer.A 6k no load uses 175 watts.Power saver mode is useless. First I’ve seen this LiTime.Guess what? Looks like Sigineer,Aims and sungold !
Smart choice in purchasing a low-frequency, transformer-based inverter charger; high frequency, transformerless inverters like the Luxpower and other toy inverter chargers on the market offer short life expectancies, far poorer surge capacities, and can even toast your AC appliances during catastrophic failure of its H-bridge circuit. Low frequency, transformer based inverters are the only way to go for off grid applications.
The old dip switch problem. Sometimes during the manufacturing process you get a film on the contacts which makes them not connect and when you flip them on and off and on and off it creates a metal on metal wiping action which can clean off the contacts and make them start functioning correctly.
Its possible (im not there sprinkle salt as you like on my comments) that the inverter is refusing the initial power due to sensing weird transients and voltage fluctuations when the generator starts up even as an inverter gen. they usually will wait a short period of time until the inverter is sure of stable power then switch over. think the dip switch flicking might just be bypassing this. some of my older inverters do this that are transformer based like these are and take a full 10 minute of clean power before they switch. food for thought. justmm2 also made a very correct comment below about manufacturing issues on dips switches. He is very correct this does happen and can often be a frustration in cnc and plc applications
@jonathanmenendez1516 it's not as instant as I would like for electronics, it takes about a second to switch over, just long enough for the lights to go out and come back on in a flash. Wish I had a way to time it
from the ad you linked to on Amazon "Power consumption at no load: Normal mode < 38W, Eco mode < 4W." Sound real good, but you measured something much higher?
My clamp meter, which might not be the most accurate way to measure the idle current, said 4.3 amps when the battery voltage was 13.8 I rounded up from 59.34 to 60 watts for the record, but I don't think that's a significant difference. I unplugged all the loads the day I wanted to measure the idle current and waited a couple of minutes, then took my measurement with the inverter in normal mode
@@electricblakeyt - Clamp-on current meters are notoriously inaccurate at low current. Try wrapping your battery cable a couple times through the clamp 'toroid'. Then divide the number displayed by the number of times the cable goes through the core of your clamp. For example: You were able to get four wraps through the current clamp core and measured 10.8 amps. 10.8 / 4 = 2.7 amps.
I am trying to start my mobile Dog Grooming Business, and 2 weeks I contact support 'cuz my inverter does not turn on. No answer yet, my business is still frezze cuz I need that AC for my dryer. thanks, i will check switching those to see if I can start it. that's the only thing I miss.
@@2hotscottpro dear Scott, sometimes the TH-cam auto moderation can be kind of harsh. Please attempt to repost your comment I did not delete it. Thank you edit: also I never saw your comment
Set dip on AC priority.Inverter will use battery when gen is off.My 6k watt uses 175 watts no load.Just use it for heavy loads.Use a smaller one for lights and small loads.
@@MaritimeUnpreparedyes.I was just saying I have 2 systems in my rv.The 6k for AC roof tops and mini-split. My first rv led lights sucked so used a 4 foot led shop light ,use 40 watts.Worked great.Newer rv led lights so much better than filament bulbs I had.
Read the manual...... switch set to invert or backup power .
High frequency inverter with soft-start works for me. Then again, getting a soft-start for all the devices with high inrush can get pricey.
I have a 36 foot toy hauler.The 2 roof top ac’s wouldn’t cool below 80 when hot.Bought a 9k btu mini-split and cools down to 70 when hot.Half the power too.Heat works great too.
Thanks for an honest review! Idle power consumption is a major issue for me. It seems the larger the inverter the greater the idle consumption and therefor, the lower overall efficiency. Some of those big wall-mounted units from Victron and EG4, etc., have even higher idle consumption. Efficiencies in the 80's is pretty bad.
a lot of the bigger inverters draw quit a bit of power just an example: SUNGOLD 4000W DC 12V Pure Sine Wave Inverter with Charger. Idle Consumption 45W
AIMS Power 4000 Watt Pure Sine Inverter Charger Idle Consumption: 50 Watts
AIMS, 2500 WATT LOW FREQUENCY PURE SINE INVERTER CHARGER 12 VDC to 120 VAC Idle consumption: 55 watts
AIMS, 3000 Watt Pure Sine Inverter Charger 12V, Idle Consumption: 55 Watts * Power Saver Mode Idle Consumption: 21.7 Watts
Aims and sungold power are Sigineer.A 6k no load uses 175 watts.Power saver mode is useless.
First I’ve seen this LiTime.Guess what? Looks like Sigineer,Aims and sungold !
@@2hotscottprothis looks like a rebadged Sungold?
@@jimfields9491 yep and Sigineer makes them for rebadged companies is my conclusion.
Thank you for sharing this important information
Smart choice in purchasing a low-frequency, transformer-based inverter charger; high frequency, transformerless inverters like the Luxpower and other toy inverter chargers on the market offer short life expectancies, far poorer surge capacities, and can even toast your AC appliances during catastrophic failure of its H-bridge circuit. Low frequency, transformer based inverters are the only way to go for off grid applications.
The old dip switch problem. Sometimes during the manufacturing process you get a film on the contacts which makes them not connect and when you flip them on and off and on and off it creates a metal on metal wiping action which can clean off the contacts and make them start functioning correctly.
@@JustMM1 interesting, but it continues to be an issue even after switching them several times. Should I attempt disassembly and cleaning
@@electricblakeytwarranty it it’s new! But the switches have to be just right l/0
@@electricblakeyt No if it is consistent then your most likely correct that it is a firmware bug.
Its possible (im not there sprinkle salt as you like on my comments) that the inverter is refusing the initial power due to sensing weird transients and voltage fluctuations when the generator starts up even as an inverter gen. they usually will wait a short period of time until the inverter is sure of stable power then switch over. think the dip switch flicking might just be bypassing this. some of my older inverters do this that are transformer based like these are and take a full 10 minute of clean power before they switch. food for thought. justmm2 also made a very correct comment below about manufacturing issues on dips switches. He is very correct this does happen and can often be a frustration in cnc and plc applications
Looks like a Sungold aka Aims ?
@@jimfields9491 as far as I know most of these are made by the same manufacturer in China
I have a sun gold inverter it's been working excellent for the past 3 years.
Can you test the ups function
@jonathanmenendez1516 it's not as instant as I would like for electronics, it takes about a second to switch over, just long enough for the lights to go out and come back on in a flash. Wish I had a way to time it
from the ad you linked to on Amazon "Power consumption at no load: Normal mode < 38W, Eco mode < 4W." Sound real good, but you measured something much higher?
My clamp meter, which might not be the most accurate way to measure the idle current, said 4.3 amps when the battery voltage was 13.8
I rounded up from 59.34 to 60 watts for the record, but I don't think that's a significant difference.
I unplugged all the loads the day I wanted to measure the idle current and waited a couple of minutes, then took my measurement with the inverter in normal mode
@@electricblakeyt - Clamp-on current meters are notoriously inaccurate at low current. Try wrapping your battery cable a couple times through the clamp 'toroid'. Then divide the number displayed by the number of times the cable goes through the core of your clamp. For example: You were able to get four wraps through the current clamp core and measured 10.8 amps. 10.8 / 4 = 2.7 amps.
I could have edited this for you blade lol
Apparently if you would have followed the instructions as with anything you wouldn't have had any problems.
@michaelgraham8504 i just read the entire manual again because of your comment And I don't see what you're talking about
Blake you don't wanna see my first 4000w inverter i got for my solar system. It was 100% junk.
switch to a 48v system, much more efficient use of power
I am trying to start my mobile Dog Grooming Business, and 2 weeks I contact support 'cuz my inverter does not turn on. No answer yet, my business is still frezze cuz I need that AC for my dryer. thanks, i will check switching those to see if I can start it. that's the only thing I miss.
@@giothedogstylist i really hope this helps you!!!!
Sungold
Wow my comment was deleted.
@@2hotscottpro dear Scott, sometimes the TH-cam auto moderation can be kind of harsh. Please attempt to repost your comment I did not delete it.
Thank you
edit: also I never saw your comment
Set dip on AC priority.Inverter will use battery when gen is off.My 6k watt uses 175 watts no load.Just use it for heavy loads.Use a smaller one for lights and small loads.
@@2hotscottproin my humble opinion lights are best kept DC led's
@@MaritimeUnpreparedyes.I was just saying I have 2 systems in my rv.The 6k for AC roof tops and mini-split.
My first rv led lights sucked so used a 4 foot led shop light ,use 40 watts.Worked great.Newer rv led lights so much better than filament bulbs I had.
Wow I have 5 dip switches but it’s 48v split phase.