[RE-wrenches] Off grid

[Kevin Pegg]

Hi Bill, 

The small Samlex inverters we find have very good power quality, but are lacking in surge capacity. We mainly use them on larger systems to isolate sensitive loads like home entertainment or computer networks. 

I'd be leery of this working well. For best service for your customer meter the washing machine through a cycle and then know for sure. A lot of them have fairly hefty spikes at certain times - ie when it starts the spin cycle and you have a whole load of soaked clothes being spun up. 

Also bear in mind washing machines can often trigger well pumps or effluent pumps concurrently adding to the load. 

Kevin

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Sent: July-28-16 9:22 AM
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Off grid

Off-gridders,

             I've got a customer that wants to run a few very small loads (less than 200 watts) but also a 20 year old washing machine (vertical axis).  Any personal experiences with inverters smaller than the basic outback, Xantrex, trace, transformer type inverters?  I'm hoping to be able to run it with a 1500-2000 watt Samlex.  Clue me in please.

Thanks,

Bill

Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net	


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