Inverter recommendations? [RE-wrenches]

[Ezra Auerbach, Trace Engineering]

Hi,

I tried a ProSine 2.0 a while back and was very impressed with most aspects.
The idle was under 20 watts, surge was excellent (table saw, water pump
etc.) and it was incredibly quiet. Had a very nice removable remote control
and extensive battery charger programming.

 The wiring compartment is not what "Wrenches" are used to.  There are four
wires exiting the machine (AC In and AC Out).  Connections to load/source
wiring is made with wire nuts and placed back in the compartment and
covered. The charger is quite sensitive to poor quality input power and
would not work with my old Honda generator.  It is a very nice charger if
the houseboater has access to shore power.  I tried the charger on the
output of my SW and it works well and is very energy efficient.

I'd recommend it with a caveat about needing a good source of AC for battery
charger success.  Full specs can be found at www.xantrex.com

Ezra
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Sindelar" <allan at positiveenergysolar.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: Inverter recommendations? [RE-wrenches]


> Chuck, when the ProSine first came out, we got one in for shop testing and
> rejected the whole line for our primary application of remote homes. Two
> reasons: somewhere around 40-50W idle draw, and a 1-3 second delay out of
> sleep mode. From what you have said, neither of these limitations applies
in
> this application. While we haven't installed one, it might prove a real
good
> choice for this job. I know Windy uses one in his grid back-up home system
> and is happy with it.
> Allan at PosEn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Heath, SunPower" <sunpwr at jps.net>
> To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
> > A houseboat client wants to upgrade from his old Trace 2012 (mod.sine)
to
> > a sinewave unit with a bit more AC power, probably 3000 Watts. He's tied
> > to Shore Power 95% of the time, so a built in charger and transfer relay
> > are important, as is R/C at the helm 50 ft. away, but the other marine
> > requirements are not (switched neutral, etc).
> >
> > Since the SW2512 is no longer available, and fellow wrenches have less
> > than great things to say about the PS series (even with the expensive RC
> > option), what do you recommend? Trace's SW2512MC (motor coach version)
is
> > another option, but what distributor carries it?
> >
> > About the only choice I've found is ProSine's 3.0Kw. Any comments? Any
> > others?
> >
>
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