220 volt capable PSW inverter
Was just researching a 220-240 volt system as battery backup at home for running a well, and came across this Inverter/amazon which seems a real bargain. no charger, but 3000 watts continuous per leg....
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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.
