220 volt capable PSW inverter

Interesting. 3000W max is 250A+ for 12V batteries, some heavy amps. The listing is confusing but apparently it's 3000W for either 120V or 240V. Or maybe it really is only 110V or 220V.

I would not use that on my well. I have a frequency drive submersible pump. Not sure what type of water well pump OP has. 3000 Watt continuous is not much for my water well system. Going to take several batteries

enblethen wrote:
I would not use that on my well. I have a frequency drive submersible pump. Not sure what type of water well pump OP has. 3000 Watt continuous is not much for my water well system. Going to take several batteries

Just for household use, its on a 20 amp breaker, have run it in the past from a 4500 watt generator with no issues.
It kicks on 4 or 5 times a day for only about 3 minutes.
This was being considered as an alternative to replacing my old genny and adding about 1000 watts of solar and 600 amp hrs of batteries.

OP: You must have an old style mechanical pump controller.
What size and type of pump and controller?

No idea, Pure guess but I seem to remember it being a 1 or 1.5 hp pump, and yes it is mechanical controls, there is nothing solid state or electronic to it. I built the house in 05, this was the system installed then.
I had simply thought about installing the small solar system to power the well, kitchen outlets and bedroom outlets.
My electric usage is only about 160 kwh a month, if this would eliminate 60-80 or so, and provide back up power during outages I was thinking of doing it rather than buying a new electric start genny.

I wouldn't buy that thing. It looks like junk. Anyone who even designs a 6,000 watt inverter with a 12 volt input obviously doesn't know what they are doing. You really should have a 48 volt battery banks for any draw that large; otherwise your battery cables are huge and the multiple parallel batteries become a wiring nightmare.
A 1 HP submersible pump will draw about 2,400 watts running and around 7,000 watts on start up. How deep is your well? Around here (VA) most wells are a 3/4 HP with a 1 HP if they are really deep. 1.5 HP is reserved for extremely deep wells and agriculture installations.
My preference for a good 240v Sinewave inverter would be Magnum. Next choice would be a Conext.

KD4UPL wrote:
I wouldn't buy that thing. It looks like junk. Anyone who even designs a 6,000 watt inverter with a 12 volt input obviously doesn't know what they are doing. You really should have a 48 volt battery banks for any draw that large; otherwise your battery cables are huge and the multiple parallel batteries become a wiring nightmare.
A 1 HP submersible pump will draw about 2,400 watts running and around 7,000 watts on start up. How deep is your well? Around here (VA) most wells are a 3/4 HP with a 1 HP if they are really deep. 1.5 HP is reserved for extremely deep wells and agriculture installations.
My preference for a good 240v Sinewave inverter would be Magnum. Next choice would be a Conext.

And with all of that, I'm priced right out of the whole project.
Oh, and a 320 foot well.

CA Traveler wrote:
Interesting. 3000W max is 250A+ for 12V batteries, some heavy amps. The listing is confusing but apparently it's 3000W for either 120V or 240V. Or maybe it really is only 110V or 220V.

The voltage standard in the US has been 240/120 VAC for decades. Admittedly, that is +/-10%. Anything below 108VAC is not good !

Power jack does NOT have a stellar reputation.

I just looked at your location, looks like your in VA or NC so not that far from me. My well is 305 feet with the pump at 180. I have a 3/4 HP pump. I'd be willing to bet yours is a 3/4, maybe a 1 hp at the largest. Put a meter on it and measure it's running and starting current. A 3/4 HP will be 8 amps running, 24 starting. 1 hp should be 10 amps running, 29 amps starting.

You would need several 12v batteries hooked in parallel to get enough amps to run the pump anyway. It cost no more (actually less because of smaller cables) to wire 4 batteries in series to 48 volts instead of in parallel to 12 volts.
You really don't need a 240v output inverter to run your well. You can use a transformer to step 120v up to 240v. This will greatly expand your choices for large inverters.

KD4UPL wrote:
I wouldn't buy that thing. It looks like junk. Anyone who even designs a 6,000 watt inverter with a 12 volt input obviously doesn't know what they are doing.

Agree. I doubt it's capable of 6000w, and at $350 it may last a year.