surge protector
How many of you use the surge protectors .And how many time you wish to have one when the problem occur.
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Hi CA,
Ty for the charging information. It is good to have "real life" figures. I'll rather rarely be using the unit as a charger.
In testing I did run the water heater, fridge and air conditioner. The remote showed a draw of 335 amps from the battery bank. When I plugged into 120 volt power it did charge at 89 amps for a while, but I did not note the line voltage. I know it was 122 under "no load" or "low load", and drops to 116 when the air and water heater are on.
The remote allows me to "tweak" the inverter so it will go to "sleep" until there is a draw of 5 watts (or what ever number I select--do not know the range yet).
As I have a decent solar system, overhead is not much of an issue for me.
My biggest reason for going to an expensive boost inverter was to allow me to limit shore input power to 15 amps. I often stay outside rural Churches and give them a discount on their tuning fees in exchange for use of their power. But I do not always have access to the shore power breaker box, so I've had to watch my watt meter carefully--and also the voltage.
I will continue to use my OEM shore power cord at RV parks.
Ty for the charging information. It is good to have "real life" figures. I'll rather rarely be using the unit as a charger.
In testing I did run the water heater, fridge and air conditioner. The remote showed a draw of 335 amps from the battery bank. When I plugged into 120 volt power it did charge at 89 amps for a while, but I did not note the line voltage. I know it was 122 under "no load" or "low load", and drops to 116 when the air and water heater are on.
The remote allows me to "tweak" the inverter so it will go to "sleep" until there is a draw of 5 watts (or what ever number I select--do not know the range yet).
As I have a decent solar system, overhead is not much of an issue for me.
My biggest reason for going to an expensive boost inverter was to allow me to limit shore input power to 15 amps. I often stay outside rural Churches and give them a discount on their tuning fees in exchange for use of their power. But I do not always have access to the shore power breaker box, so I've had to watch my watt meter carefully--and also the voltage.
I will continue to use my OEM shore power cord at RV parks.
