Post by Admin on Oct 7, 2018 23:27:01 GMT
Apr 23, 2018 23:18:16 GMT @holland66 said:
Can I use a 700 W microwave drawing 1050W with the Renogy 2000 W pure sine wave inverter?
My set up: 2 200 AH renogy AGM batteries in parallel.
Microwave plugged into separate GFCI outlet which is hardwired into AC output on inverter charger
Well with just what you said above I would say NO... But with that said way more info is needed... How many panels etc.... Yes it will work but not for long...
Apr 24, 2018 1:21:05 GMT @holland66 said:
Thank you for you reply
Sorry for the minimal info.
No panels yet at this moment. Just running of fully charged batteries.
So far the way it charges is with shore power or from vehicle alternator when traveling. ( this system is build in a van).
I had this set up and got overload message and audible alert when using microwave and before I could turn off microwave, inverter shut down and cant get is to work anymore. At that time I was at campground without available power, so could not use shore power to do "pass through" with inverter.
Tech support told me that probably internal fuse had blown and its the end of my inverter charger.
Just wanted to find out what other opinions and thoughts are out there.
I thought I could draw 1050 W on a 2000 W system.
I guess I calculated wrong
Any thoughts on this?
Sure you can draw 1050w on a 2000w inverter... I've done it many times... But you won't do it for very long with so few ah batteries and not much of a charging system...
Apr 24, 2018 16:17:55 GMT @holland66 said:
Problem is, tech support on the phone was telling me the internal fuse is only 16 amps and I must have blown it. And that is the end of the inverter/charger. No warranty: user error
But 1050 Watts at 120 V is only 8.75 amps, right? and at 110 v its 9.6 amps. So what went wrong?
The only thing that was running was a 700 W microwave.
has anyone seen in owners manual on paper or online that internal fuse is 16 amps?
I feel like I had done my research when trying to decide to get this inverter charger and I did not see that information.
Can anybody in tech support monitoring this forum help me out with this?
LOL There is no tech support on here, Well not in the past year and a half since I've been on here...
Did you change out your fuse on the inside?? I blew mine a while back on my 500w inverter because I forgot to swap it over to my 2000w inverter... Changed out the fuse and it worked just fine...
I think your biggest problem is you really don't have an efficient charging system and not enough battery to pull that many amps from... I don't care if you have a 5000w inverter it will never work...
Apr 24, 2018 18:21:08 GMT @holland66 said:
Thanks. Ok, just will have to call tech support again.
I was told internal fuse can not be changed on this unit.
My main concern is that I have and inverter that is completely unusable which I paid a lot of money for and they are basically telling me it is my fault, so no warranty.
My plan was to get 300 to 400 W solar power in the near future.
At this moment just want to make sure I can get my inverter to work or replaced.
Sounds like I did not get the right information from tech support when I called.
So I will call again and start over.
Thank you for your answers and your help with this.
I basically should have been able to run a 700 W microwave drawing 1050 W on this 2000 W inverter and they are telling me I can't.
I agree with them, You have a very minimal system and you should have never even tried running what you did with what you have.. I have many times over the system that you have and I wouldn't even try a microwave with mine..... That's why you don't try to run a heater also..
It's not just you, most people think they can buy a small system and run anything they want.... Wrong....
Don't take there word that you can't change the fuses... I don't believe most of what they say and I have talked to them at renogy when I first got my system, all they told me back then I found to be wrong... Way wrong...
There is nothing in the half ass manual that comes with the inverter that says a thing about a fuse but there is 6 I think in there...
I just read you have an inverter, just like my 2000w inverter.... When you bought it did it come with fuses??? Mine did....
Apr 25, 2018 0:58:02 GMT @holland66 said:
Thank you for the insight and info
Learned my lesson. Will stick to use it to charge up household electronics that don't have 12 v chargers.
And guess what, when I came home from work tried to give it another shot.
Still with same ~ 12.85V on batteries
This time it turned on. Was able to run a small fan and was able to charge the 2 200ah batteries with shore power.
All good at this moment
Just curious, what system set up do you have?
Apr 25, 2018 0:58:31 GMT @rabird said:
You sure can, the inverter should have a low voltage cut off when the batts can't provide the current.
The cranking amps should be well over the 40A each batt should provide.
Fight the bastards!
Bird I see where your coming from but I bet he has a bigger draw than he thinks at start up... Also I would like to know what it is with a killawatt meter...
I have 8 100w panels 60a cc and 6 6v 215ah deep cycle batteries set up as 12v...
So your inverter is working again??? I bet it kicked out because of low voltage...
Is the 12.85v at idle or is that with a draw??
Apr 25, 2018 2:39:07 GMT @holland66 said:
That sounds like a great system!
I guess it kicked out because of low voltage, but why did it take me trying for 6 days to get it working again even when it was fully charged after a day of driving from my alternator?
The 12.85 v was at idle at that time.
Now it is charged at 13.1v
I can't tell you why it took so long to start working but it could have been a loose connection or the voltage finally got high enough to start working again... I don't know...
Just driving isn't enough to keep the batteries fully charged unless you are wanting to do minimal things...
Plus if your not using your inverter cut it off because it takes power when it's not doing anything...
Apr 26, 2018 1:23:17 GMT @rabird said:
idling can provide extra power to the inverter. Not much through small skinny long wires.
Got big fat short wires from the batts to the inverter?