My Road Pro did not last but a year, does this last longer? Mostly I was using a 70/140 watt plug in inverter on it.
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This simply connects to the battery terminal with the other end being a cigarette lighter. It's not a power converter or air compressor.
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This inverter is a modified sine wave unit. I will tell you this: I live in a motorhome with a small 400 watt system and use the Pw2300 and my main solar system is 600 watts and I use the pw2300. In other words buy it, for the price and the usage you will get out of it it will pay you back 10 fold.. Also the wireless remote is better than false teeth works amazing.. Hope this helps..
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I've been running one for about a year now, no problems except I was using the load output to control some outside lighting (on at dusk, off at dawn) and it seemed to get confused and was turning the lights on and off randomly. I disconnected it and let it sit for a day and then reconnected it and it has been working correctly since. I am running a 100 WATT 12V panel into it, are you staying within the maximum input power and voltage levels (12v/260W or 24v/520W) specified?
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First off, this is a 12v unit and won't tolerate much more than that. If the supply source is a good 12volt, then I would say off hand, that something is shorting out. That power supply really supplies more current that the radio would normally use. I've used mine for over 4 years now with no problems, Look around and see if you could have a bare wire going to ground, one that is not solidly mounted and able to move around a little. If yours is like mine there is no way to get into it to see what is actually going bad, so good luck.
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Don't know what kind of system you have but we have ours on a RV and one wire came off and it cooked the two fuses on the inverter, cooked the inverter, and we had reverse polarity. So for the price of a 5.00 fuse that I could of had at our leads from the batteries it would of cured the big expense and headaches.
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I am not sure but I would not buy this inverter or any other inverter the make. I bought this item, it lasted less than two months. The cost of returning the unit was more than it was worth. The quality is junk. I had someone look at it and the soldered connections look like a 2 year old assembled this unit. The screws that were used to assemble it were half stripped and loose. Complete piece of JUNK!
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it goes by the span of the run so the longer the strech the thicker the cables shoulld be,if its close to the inverter and dont have a constant 5000 watts u should be safe , listen up you have to put a buss fuse in the pos cable around 150 watts,you can find it here on amazon.
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I've had mine 2 years so I can't give you an answer on how long it will last but I didn't have it on a battery tender last winter, (Arkansas winter - mostly ice) and after sitting for a few months it was still at 92%. So while it lost a bit over time, it still cranked my RoadStar 1700 without a problem.
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The accessory port in your truck is not strong enough to handle this inverter. You Must go directly the the battery. Remember this inverter has 6000 watts of peak power.
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I have only used the twelve volt system in my vehicle. Since I posted issues with my inverter, I took a two day trip. The inverter worked great the whole time. I have complete confidence in it now.
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Should handle it easily. This inverter was good on power, but mine failed after a few months with no load attached at the time.
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I have and it works flawlessly. I've also hooked up two 350 Watts RMS (700 Watts Peak) and a 4000 Watt amp up to it and it handled it like a champ. This is the best power inverter I've ever owned.
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it is a 2000 watts inverter, maybe not continuous but very good /quipment. Hope it helps.
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way to small for use with 1000 watt inverter. i have a new motorhome with a 1000 w inverter that is connected to two group 24 deep cycle batteries. some folks use two or 4 golf cart 6 volt batteries on inverert. all depends on what you are going to run, how ofter and what your pannels can put back. ask your local solar store or rv dealer.
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You are getting close to the maximum output of this inverter for your application. I would feel better about your situation if you got a 4000 watt inverter but that is only part of the story. 2700 watts is 22.5 amps on the 120 volt side of the inverter. the 12 volt side amps will be 225 amps from your battery on start up. that is a heavy load for any battery and your best 12 volt battery configurations will not last long seeing that kind of load very often. One way to extend the battery life in these situations is to parallel the battery with a super capacitor to help with the surge amps. Hope this helps with your decision. You are getting close to the maximum output of this inverter for your application. I would feel better about your situation if you got a 4000 watt inverter but that is only part of the story. 2700 watts is 22.5 amps on the 120 volt side of the inverter. the 12 volt side amps will be 225 amps from your battery on start up. that is a heavy load for any battery and your best 12 volt battery configurations will not last long seeing that kind of load very often. One way to extend the battery life in these situations is to parallel the battery with a super capacitor to help with the surge amps.... » Read More You are getting close to the maximum output of this inverter for your application. I would feel better about your situation if you got a 4000 watt inverter but that is only part of the story. 2700 watts is 22.5 amps on the 120 volt side of the inverter. the 12 volt side amps will be 225 amps from your battery on start up. that is a heavy load for any battery and your best 12 volt battery configurations will not last long seeing that kind of load very often. One way to extend the battery life in these situations is to parallel the battery with a super capacitor to help with the surge amps. Hope this helps with your decision. « Show Less
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I used this inverter in my tank while I was deploYed. It ran off 24 volts and it worked great. Never had any problems.
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I have a 1600 watt inverter connected, also with an inline fuse. It all works fine, my only concern is the cables get quite warm, but it has been connected for about a year now just fine. Makesure you use an inline fuse with proper watt fuse.