Small Inverter Recommomendations [RE-wrenches]

[Jay Peltz, Peltz Power]

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Hi Ray,

As I'm fond of saying, it depends.

electronics or motor loads?
pure sine or mod sine?


I've tried a few of the "other"brands and they all seem to fail, even  
on simple things like TV's and satellite dishes. Have killed many  
Samlex's this way, so smaller breaker wouldn't have helped.

But have had fewer failures with Exeltech's, cost more but then you  
get more.

But depends on if your budget is $79.95 or $795.

Good luck,

jay

peltz power

On Feb 24, 2007, at 3:48 PM, Ray Walters wrote:

>
> Hi Wrenches;
>
> We still have a need in the Taos area for small  (read cheap)  
> inverters and power systems. I've been considering dropping this  
> side of our business, especially when Xantrex recently dropped the  
> UX series of inverters. I just can't let these people fall prey to  
> the Internet predators and wiring nightmares I've seen in the past  
> though.
> I'm considering offering a small system with one of the POS  
> inverters along with Midnight Solar's new Low cost DC disconnects.  
> The question is, which of the cheapo inverters has the best  
> reliability? I'm looking at Xantrex's Xpower solid state junk,  
> Triplite has some solid state stuff, Invertek actually looks a bit  
> like the old transformer based UX series, etc. I've seen too many  
> solid state inverters end up as door stops to trust them now.
> I recently built a demonstration system for a college with very  
> little budget. I used a Samlex 1500 watt inverter, then only  
> provided an 80 amp breaker. The idea was to derate the inverter  
> substantially to hopefully allow it to survive longer. I've done  
> this before with Exeltechs to keep them alive if someone tries to   
> plug an air compressor into them.
> So what's your opinion? Got a model that's good? or send me after  
> bigger game and let these poor folks fend for them selves......
>
> Ray Walters
> SolarRay, Inc.
>
>
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