Quality Pure Sine Inverters 300-600 Watts
I'm in the market for a good inverter to go with a new solar setup on my truck camper. Plan on installing three 100 watt panels to keep my two Trojan 6 volts charged. I was leaning towards a Mornings...
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Sandia Man wrote:
Both Morningstar and Go Power have good followings, we chose to go with a 300 watt Samlex and it has performed well, it is used to power our flatscreen, HD sat and receiver, DVD and Bose system.
I learned you get what you pay for with inverters. Do your homework before you buy and you’ll discover why some are much more expensive than the cheapies. The cheapest have a noisy fan that runs ALL THE TIME. The better ones have a quiet thermo-controlled fan that only comes on when necessary. Go with a PSW (Pure Sine Wave) inverter for cleanest power as “some” electronics, TVs, etc, don’t play nice with the cheaper Modified Sine Wave (MSW) inverters. Samlex, Go Power, Morningstar, etc ,are all good brands.
I went with the PST-300 from Samlex for about $150 from bestconverters.com. Samlex makes a cheaper 300 watt inverter (around $100) that does not have the thermo controlled fan, ie, it runs all the time, and is noisier. I read some bad reviews about this model on Amazon and opted for the PST series which is heavier duty and has a quiet thermo controlled fan. The best is probably the Morningstar which does not use a fan at all but runs about $300 for the 300 watt version.
