I see that this has 2 receptacles that each run 500W...is this the way it works with all inverters? ..if it had 4 receptacles they would each run 25% of the total wattage? What if you only use 1 of the receptacles, would it be capable of supplying...
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I am pretty sure that internally, they are all connected to the same point, so it doesn't matter where the power goes, so long as your cumulative draw does not exceed the capacity of the inverter.
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First thing to note is that this particular "2500" Watt inverter is actually 2500 4 120v A.C. which gives you about 600 Watts per plug with no factory way to bridge it to one of the 4 plugs. Also before you buy this thing read some reviews about if you get a lemon which is common. I already decided against this inverter and it was bought for me as a present from my Sister. The inverter died in 7 weeks and after a lot of hassle we received a RMA which was sent off the end of October with zero return and zero response from the company. Do yourself a favor and find a better brand. It's worth a hundred bucks just to avoid this very cheap device. To answer your question. As long as your blanket doesn't exceed 600 Watts max your setup will work but you didn't state your amp hour total so you may only get about 2-4 hours of use before you flatten your charge. Best of luck!
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This controller will handle up to 30amps. So for example, I have 3 panels at ~145w each (~7.5 amps) that are connected to each other and run to this controller. Since I'm only bringing in max around 22 amps, then this one controller is plenty. I could actually add one more panel to it of the same size as my current and it should continue to work fine. To answer your question though, yes, if your panels are large enough to put you over 30a with two panels, then run them side by side and connect the two controllers to the same battery bank without issue.
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I just installed one recently. You are correct, this doesn't plug into an inverter. Instead, the meter display connects only to the solar charge controller for which it is built. Some inverters also have separate remote monitors that you can buy. I chose not to purchase a separate monitor/meter for my inverter since I can clearly see the inverter display where mine is mounted.
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Do you check the voltage? some inverters use max 30Vdc and another of 60Vdc check the specification maybe 2 are different. for this reason will be down. I install many of these inverters and continue working
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This device doesn`t support the batterys.Your Charge controller & solar panels determon what charge is in your batterys. The amount of amps drawn from your battery to run this device is determoned by how much power your load is drawing from the inverter.I have 30 deep cycle marine batterys supplying power to my 2500 watt inverter & I run two 1000 watt electric heaters, my frig. and house lights when I have a good supply of sunlight charging my batterys at 14.3 volts from three 40 amp charge controllers.I have at times seen this inverter draw my batterys down on a very cloudy day to 9.6 volts and still put out 115 volts.Any lower battery voltage and the inverter will shut down, but will come back on automatically as soon as the battery voltage gets built back high enough to run the inverter.
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This unit has about a 1620 watt draw. I have a 5000 one and it works great matatically it shout work when running. The problem u may run into is the start up wattage. Many a/c unit can go about 4 times higher to start up the unit which would be around 6400 watts. My inverter has a 10k start up and it fires it up. I would guess u will have less than a 50-50 shot the generator will fire it up. If is can then your generator will give it the power it needs
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It all depends on how your wires are getting the electricity from the battery bank. If you only have one battery, or one connection point to a string of batteries, you will not be able to pull the full 4000 watts the inverter is capable of doing (for a sub second). I have 8 batteries, and I connect to the inverter from 3 different points in the array of batteries, This is because each battery is only capable of producing so much power. But you need to be able to get all the batteries to put an even amount of juice to the inverter, or you will overload one or two of your batteries. If you never plan to pull more than a few hundred watts on the inverter, one cable will work fine, but if you want to draw the full 2000 watts, you will need multiple wires, in order to carry that many amps.
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Michelle your would have to look at the watts on the AC unit. ? And I could give u better answer This inverter is really a great unit but keep in mind battery. I tested it out and run a portable ac for 5 minutes on 1 fully charge battery. It worked great. My battery bank at the moment has 4 batterys links to solar panels AC unit would upto 30 minutes on what I have. Hope that helps you Inverter great. But you need a lot of batteries to run power drain units like AC Units
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My manual isn't handy, and I don't think it's very specific anyway. I believe that the unit is adjusting for MPPT when the light is blinking. As the power fluctuates from clouds passing over etc., the inverter has to hunt for the best power transfer. I have two 12 volt solar panels connected in parallel because they have different Watt ratings (50 & 100 watts), but I think that the inverter prefers 24 volts, and the MPPT function may be running on minimal voltage. I plan to add another 100 watt, 12 volt panel in series, and either remove the 50 watt parallel connected panel or add another 50 watt panel connected in parallel to the second 100 watt panel so that the there are matched parallel connected sets connected in series. By the way, I monitor power output, and the inverter is producing power when light is blinking. The 150 watt parallel connected panels only produce about 91 watts AC at full sun (light blinks very seldom with full sun). The DC values are 6.8A at 15 VDC (102W), so there is some loss in the inverter. I hope to achieve better efficiency with a 24V configuration.
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I notice wildly different ratings on this and other inverters. I need to power a stereo receiver - about 1200 W, with 2 Bose outdoor speakers set pretty loud. Any thoughts on how I should evaluate suitability? Can I be sure my T & C minivan can power this setup? Thanks for any info. - THT
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Yes, I use that size panel too, inverter works good. Any panel voltage should not exceed 60 volts, watts should be well under 600 watts, so no more than 2 of those panels
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I have some experience with this. I have a 1000W (low) to 1500W (high) ceramic heater plugged into this unit and have had no issues with it running through two prongs compared to three.
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Amps are not Amps. WATTS are what need to be conserved. If you have 10000 Watts of AC available on the output, it will require OVER 833 Amps on the input. If fact, it will require even more than 833 Amps as a result of the efficiency (lack of perfect conversion) of the inverter. I'd bet the overall conversion eff. to be less than 80%, which means it would be 10000 Watts/0.8 = 12,500 Watts, and for the sake of easy math 1000 Amps @ 12.5 Vdc input. Thats some serious current and is going to be a real problem when attempting to minimize the voltage drop on the input cables! (Which when it occurs will result in even more current being required for the same number of Watts! Amps are not Amps. WATTS are what need to be conserved. If you have 10000 Watts of AC available on the output, it will require OVER 833 Amps on the input. If fact, it will require even more than 833 Amps as a result of the efficiency (lack of perfect conversion) of the inverter. I'd bet the overall conversion eff. to be less than 80%, which means it would be 10000 Watts/0.8 = 12,500 Watts, and for the sake of easy math 1000 Amps @ 12.5 Vdc input. Thats some serious current and is going to be a real problem when attempting to minimize the voltage drop on the input cables! (Which when it... » Read More Amps are not Amps. WATTS are what need to be conserved. If you have 10000 Watts of AC available on the output, it will require OVER 833 Amps on the input. If fact, it will require even more than 833 Amps as a result of the efficiency (lack of perfect conversion) of the inverter. I'd bet the overall conversion eff. to be less than 80%, which means it would be 10000 Watts/0.8 = 12,500 Watts, and for the sake of easy math 1000 Amps @ 12.5 Vdc input. Thats some serious current and is going to be a real problem when attempting to minimize the voltage drop on the input cables! (Which when it occurs will result in even more current being required for the same number of Watts! « Show Less
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You can have 200+ input amp POTIENTAL, but the inverter will only draw the current required by the load. So having plenty of input amp potiential is a good thing. Once the load is too much for the inverter, it shuts down. Also there is a 25 amp fuse that limits the amount of current drawn from the 24 volt supply. Load watts are roughly AC Amps X 110 VAC = Watts, and Start-up is usually double that. So this unit can handle 400 watts continuous with surge capability to 800 watts.
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I think you mean to plug your inverter into one of these outlets. Same rules apply. Check that the inverter is not pulling more than the rating of this unit
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This unit only has the one plug and I've never seen one that has more than one. I just use a multiple plug in and it works fine. Just make sure you don't go over the rated wattage for all your items which is 1500 watts. I own 3 different timers and this is the best of the 3.