jrnymn7 wrote:
BFL, not to put you on the spot, but to hopefully jog your memory, I found one of your posts from june 2011 while looking for info on the pm3-100's:
"Posted By: BFL13 on 06/22/11 11:07am
(UPDATE added new post on thread )
What follows is not guaranteed info but my interpretation of info--so if spending money get it confirmed!
Talking to the company, they clarify that the PM3-100 has a power factor corrected version and a non-power factor corrected version."
I also noticed a while back your 100 has FOUR 20a fuses? I always thought that was a little odd? But I found one on youtube with only 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyzD4an76yA
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EDIT--I see on that video one that says 14.6v on it, so that is a Randy one I guess where the main ones were 14.4v Mine does not have that list of voltages on the label but it does say PM3-100 on the label
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Could be the non-PFC one was a PM not a PM3, or I could have got that mixed up with the one that had a boost button (WFCO clone) and the PowerMax one that had no boost button--- it seems they were in rapid flux ramping up the new company and quickly went through various versions of their line up.
My PM3-100 I got in early 2012 has four 40a. The one in that video has three except when he looks at it from a different angle it looks like four (or I am going blind) but his are stacked vertically however many there are, while mine are horizontal.
I got my PM3-100 in early 2012. It is PF corrected. At the time they were already looking at doing that 15 min thing (I complained about the 13.2 WFCO method mine did) and I think maybe but don't know some PM3s from mid 2012 on got that feature, before they started the PM4 line.
Meanwhile Randy was off making up his own version of these things with his own specs and called his version Boondockers. It's all hard to pin down.
My basic recommendation is that you can get a PM4 adjustable or a WFCO 98100 with the boost button and have a warranty, or for $100 less, you can take a chance on a PM3-100 and modify it yourself with no warranty. And it seems not all PM3s are the same just to make it more exciting :)
