Xantrex SW3000
Hi Folks, Well Xantrex has an inverter charger with temperature compensation on the battery. Worth considering I think. Unit weighs 73 pounds. sw inverter/charger 3000 watts Opinions?
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Chris Bryant wrote:BoonHauler wrote:
Whoa, the Xantrex has a 3 amp standby, that's a lot more than the Magnum!
The Magnum is rated at 30 watts, which is ~2.4 amps, so not a lot more, plus the Magnum is termed "typical", which is code speak for "could be more".
I've had no problems getting all but the RS series repaired at my closest Xantrex service center. They are pretty proprietary with their info though.
Chris:
After reading this post of yours I decided to get real time data from my install. I have a Magnum MS 2812 with a TriMetric 2025 battery monitor installed correctly.
The real time data provided by the TriMetric shows the the MS 2812 when 'shut off' draws just about 0.3 amps. When I turn on the inverter and it is 'hunting' or as the factory remote says "Inverting" with no load on it the Trimetric reads a draw of 0.7 amps.
This is why I stated "whoa" in my post. Being a Magnum owner and user I can tell you that what Magnum states in their literature and how the inverter actually performs are two different things.
On the other side, the Magnum literature states the charger side as 125 Amps. In reality it makes 105 Amps
