Nature Power unit
Does anyone have any experience with this unit? http://www.naturepowerproducts.com/product-details.php?id=78 I have a chance to try one for four days of dry camping but I want to make sure that...
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electrician549 wrote:It will not harm your converter as it's an MSW inverter. However, it's probably not a very good inverter and may not be good for much else.
I want to make sure that it won't harm my converter and I'm not sure if it will even be worth lugging it along. After all it charges a 12 volt dc battery from a solar panel inverts it to 120 volts ac and then my camper will convert it back to 12 volts dc and that equals a lot of conversion loss.
The unit has a whopping 60ah battery, which is about 1/2 the rating of any standard deep cycle battery. That's terrible. It's almost criminal that they claim 1800 watts of power. Sure, over how many weeks would that be? I seriously doubt this unit would power anyone's converter without crapping out with low voltage with a 60ah battery.
As for conversion loss, consider that a solar controller has to do a lot conversion too, so that's no big deal. They also get hot.
That's a pretty small panel which pumps maybe 3 amps. This is typical of an "I'm going green" kit which is designed more to make you feel good rather than actually BE any good.
Pass.
