I have solar panel and two 12v deep cycle batteries. Will this inverter power a shallow water jet pump rated at 1/2hp and about 800 watts ac?
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I am not an electrician but a 1600 watt inverter will power an 800 watt item, how fast it will drain your batteries I have no idea. What may be of concern is your startup watts for the pump. Some name plates on pumps will give you the starting amps. I believe the formula is Watts = Amps Times volts. So if your startup watts for the pump are more than the startup watts of the inverter you may have a problem. I think this inverter was rated 2000 or 2500 startup watts. That's the best my limited knowledge can give you.
1506276
I have run a regular full sized stand up vacuum cleaner for several minutes with mine. There was no power surge or let up. Hope this helps.
1506277
I'm sure it'll do fine. It's rated 1600W, so your 800W should be no prob. Powers my 1/2HP sump pump fine, which I think is much less efficient than yours drawing a bit more than 800W from source.
1506278
I believe it will. I use mine to run a sump pump in the basement of our home.
1506279
The inverter should handle the start up spike just fine and the normal pumping will not be a problem. You might end up being a bit lean on your energy production with just one solar panel, depending on your energy draw.
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Should be no problem, if you do not use it constantly. Give batteries time to recharge between pump cycles.
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The simple answer is NO. 10A X 120V = 1200 Watts. This unit is rated at ~400W? Assuming only 90% efficiency of most inverters, you want one that is rated at 1200+10%+ another 20% for good measure. As a practical matter and since the price of these has come down significantly in recent years due to advances in the technology, I suggest doubling your base requirement. IOW, buy a 2400Watt inverter. IMPORTANT! Your 10Amp pump will 'pull' about 100A+! from your DC source. You would need a substantial battery bank for that.
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way to small for use with 1000 watt inverter. i have a new motorhome with a 1000 w inverter that is connected to two group 24 deep cycle batteries. some folks use two or 4 golf cart 6 volt batteries on inverert. all depends on what you are going to run, how ofter and what your pannels can put back. ask your local solar store or rv dealer.
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I have had this connected to 2 100 watt panels and four golf cart batteries wired to 24 volts. I have also had it connected to 12 volts on my larger solar system and it works fine although pumps at a slower rate.
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Sorta. AC watts output and DC watts input are not quite the same thing. I would be thinking "amps" instead of "watts". First, this is a modified sine wave inverter. It will work on most appliances, but not all. 3,000 AC watts in appliances is within specs for this inverter. However, if you think one or two batteries connected to it will work...I wouldn't even try. To run that much power, you are going to need at a minimum of 4-6 batteries wired in parallel (12v) with very large battery cables (0-gauge or thicker). At 3,000 AC watts this inverter will likely draw over 250 amps from the batteries. A typical deep cycle marine battery will have 100-125 amp/hours. When you parallel, you add amp hours. Two batteries (200-250) or four batteries (400-500 amp hours). Running 3,000 watts AC out of this inverter is possible, if you have enough batteries, thick battery cables, and something to recharge them...cause you will drain them QUICK. Your battery cables must be rated to handle this much amperage. Download the Power Bright Owners Manual, call them, or do a Google search...be safe. Good luck.
550349
Yes, I have several of these inverters, One has 2 - 185 watt panels and on a sunny day it produces around 1.5 kw of electricity.
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Hi Karen, I think your question is back to front......but I may be wrong. The batteries should be rigged up to supply the inverter with + 12 V Direct Current for the inverter to supply nominal 120 V Alternative Current......The inverter will take power from the batteries and if the batteries themselves are not supplied with power [from solar panels, an alternator or charger] the inverter will eventually take the batteries down to about 10.5 V DC whilst still delivering the nominal 120 V AC. Which is not good for the batteries. I hope this helps.......best wishes....Jack.
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Yes,it can as I found my old note books from University and it goes like this. In a 12 volts system-Sine Wave Inverter. 12 volt and 150 amps battery is needed wired in parallel to the Sine Wave Inverter. // means all positive together and all negatives together. The formula is as follows: 10 times the amperes of the battery(150) divided by the Load divided by 2 equals....1500 divided by 70 divided by 2 equals 21 3/7 divided by 2..... 150/7 times1/2 equals 150/14 equals 10 5/7 hours or roughly 11 hours of run time. Further or more alternatively,you will need some tech skills in attaching a Solar Panel to the battery to keep it charge,which is another topic......
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I ran a small 400 watt inverter off of this unit to operate a laptop computer up on the dash of my motorhome while underway. Worked fine but the key of course is having it on a properly fused 12 volt circuit matched to whatever device your trying to run. This unit has a 15 amp limit. Use it improperly and I'm sure it would burn up.
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I'm a little confused by your question. The page you posted a question on is for a sunforce 1000 W inverter, yet you seem to be asking about a Tiger Claw 1500W inverter. Your question went to owners of the sunforce 1000W inverter, of which mine performed excellent. I used it 12 hours a day for a year then 24 hours a day for another year. Even though it is rated for 1000W it would put out well over, running my vacuum at 1100W and even my air compressor at 1400W. It finally died on year 3.
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No - a 7 watt panel will not power this pump. The pump draws around 1.7A and so the power requirements at 12V are (12V)*(1.7A) = 20.4 Watts. Three of the 7 Watt solar panels hooked up in parallel would do the trick.
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I have two battery rated at 1200 CCA. I've been able to run every power tool on my truck, ie, vacuum pump, microwave, chop saw, etc. Please refer to OHMS Law for your specific needs. This is an awesome invertor.
479325
It can but it may take a while. The pump is 12vdc and I have used it in my aquaponic system via a 12v battery with solar cell charger.
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I promise you, this inverter cannot handle 200 Amps. It's output rating is around 4 Amps (400w/110v=3.6A) at 75% efficiency, the input current would be around 45 Amps (400w/12v=33.3A /0.75=45A).
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Check the watt rating on the A/C but I doubt it. It wouldn't even start the 120V blower motor on my home furnace. It did run a full size vacuum cleaner and a drill press with no problem. The thing to keep in mind is whether the inverter can handle the surge (appliances with motors draw more power at startup).
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300 watts of solar panels to charge the batteries and run the pump. 4 group 24 deep cycle should due and a 30 amp charger. also there have been problems with pump and i have one go out after just three months. so you might look at another pump
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Hi There I run the inverter off of a 27D size 12 volt battery on my boat that is charged from a 120 amp alternator off of the motor.