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wa8yxm
Oct 21, 2013Explorer III
First you need at least 200 amp hours of battery per kilowatt of inverter. So you need 2 pair of GC-2 or better for a 2,000 watt inverter.
I will not recommend a brand.. I use a Xantrex myself (prosine 2.0 no longer made) but I will recommend a type TRUE SINE WAVE.
Why.. I read about many things that work weird on inverter power.. For example. Clocks racing, Microwaves cooking slower. Electric Blanket controllers smoking, NIGHT LIGHT CATCHING FIRE!!!. Radios making a really nasty noise, Sparklies on TV screens and more.
ALL these folks are using an MSW inverter.. Not one of them was using a True Sine Wave.
Here is the list of things that will not work with my Prosine:
Any device needing more than 2,000 watts to start.
I will not recommend a brand.. I use a Xantrex myself (prosine 2.0 no longer made) but I will recommend a type TRUE SINE WAVE.
Why.. I read about many things that work weird on inverter power.. For example. Clocks racing, Microwaves cooking slower. Electric Blanket controllers smoking, NIGHT LIGHT CATCHING FIRE!!!. Radios making a really nasty noise, Sparklies on TV screens and more.
ALL these folks are using an MSW inverter.. Not one of them was using a True Sine Wave.
Here is the list of things that will not work with my Prosine:
Any device needing more than 2,000 watts to start.
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