Anyone happen to test fuel consumption per hour at 1/3rd load? I will be using it to power a 30amp battery charger that only uses 750-900 watts
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It really depends on load otherwise idles. As your battery charger probably reduces load during the charge cycle pretty much unknown on fuel consumption. I've idled and under load to just keep it running correctly once per month I used "Sea Foam" additive this avoids and issues with the fuel. I believe up to two years. Also Sea Foam keeps the unit at one or two pulls and it's running well. I have scooters keeps the fuel in good condition.
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I used this for 600 hrs most of the time it was a light to moderate load constructing my house. I could get about 8 hrs on one tank on a light load and 5 to 6 on a heavy load
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I used a Killawatt unit to measure my new ADR30A2G. With the fan speed on low it uses 276 watts. It was also drawing 2.59 amps and after 4 hours it used 1.07 kwh. Where I live that cost me around 8 cents, or 2 cents an hour, or a half a buck per day.
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For 500 watts I think the 30 Amp or larger (30 amp is rated at 450 watts max) charge controller might be a better match. Also this is a charge controller it doesn't really power anything but is meant more for charging of a battery system. You could then use the battery system either with or without an inverter to power your devices.
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It says 30- watts on the bottom of the charger. I should think that would do.
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Watts are watts per hour. This will recharge 15 watts per hour under ideal conditions. If you are looking just to float charge your batteries- this will do it nicely. If you are looking for this unit to be your only charger- I doubt 15 watts will be enough. If you are expecting this to be your only charger: How may watts are you using per hour and how many watts per hour needed to recharge after a days work? Remember that chances are you will be attempting to recharge durning the night which means no solar power.
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yes, how many watts is your dump load? if over 250 watts you will burn up grid tie
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I would run anything above 5 fared, You are running 4600w a 3 is too low, Usually 1 fared is equivalent to 1000w aprox.and if your lights are still dimming, I would get a better efficient battery, I hope this is helpful.
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Hello Peggy, If you Plan to use a load that surges to the 3,000 watt rating then you must use a 250 amp fuse or resettable circuit breaker for the Input side. This unit works well up to 1,000 watts It does not perform well on large start up motors like a Vacuum cleaner. I use this unit for small loads that require a pure sine wave. Mike
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I remember researching this before. The manufacturer won't say exactly. Read the forums on nPower. I might be able to figure it out with my multimeter when I get home. I thought theoretically, you could figure it out with an equation. it was enough to start my v6 2.1L engine. The inverter to ac isn't much. If my calc is right, 400W at 120V is only 3.3A on AC, but you can't expect much from a 12v battery. I thought dc was supposed to be infiinite, but I suppose you're looking for cranking amps. Overall, I was very pleased with how the nPower performed. I went a couple of months before finally diagnosing my car battery. The nPower got a fairly large engine through a cold Wisconsin winter with a bad cell in a relatively small car battery.
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I just checked, and it's 100 watts, which would make it just under 1 amp. Plenty of power for everything I've done with it.
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It appears that the idle "off" current is about 10-15 mA - a constant load of less than 0.2 watts
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With my pump running at 3000 rpm it shows I am using just under 900 watts. Hope that helped
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There's a nice load vs. time graph on the product information page on APC's website. At this writing, the page can be found at <http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SMT1500&total;_watts=1000>
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its not a load tester. it uses different system i think. i have a battery. it shows it needs recharge. but cca is ok... i dont understand is it working or can i trust its test...
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Buy a P3 P4400 Kill A Watt meter......they're about 19 bucks and will tell you exactly how much power its using
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I use a 1000 watt inverter connected to the battery with jumper cables. With the engine of the vehicle running it works perfectly.
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ok here goes, it appears that you are makeing the mistake of thinkink the display shows load it doesnt do that it is telling you you have 1536 watts available to use as you run you will find that the 1536 will decrease until your inverter shut down for low voltage/watts available... I hope this helps.