[RE-wrenches] Mobile Solar power Center

[Jeff Yago]

About 3 years ago we built a solar power trailer for shows and events, and it had a fold-out 1 kW array, eight L-16 batteries, MX60 charge controller, and a Statpower 1500 Prowatt modified sinewave inverter. This inverter never worked right from day one and would act like the battery was low and shut down when we had tons of battery charge. As soon as we un-loaded the inverter, all the LED's would be back in green like everything was just fine.

We finally got tired of the hassle and replaced it with an Outback FX2524 and no more problems. This beast keeps working even at the end of the night when batteries are tapped out.

We also installed a StatPower Prosine 1800 watt true sinewave inverter in our diesel truck about 6 years ago and have had no problem with it, but it is only used occasionally on a job site to power some batterypack chargers for power tools.

Jeff Yago

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