murphylawe
Mad Scientist
Has anyone worked with the AMPINVT Inverter/Chargers?
Are you talking about a 50A breaker on the DC power? That is way too small. I am using a 150A breaker between my 24V battery and my Victron Multiplus 24/2000-50.No... it tripped the DC breaker I installed on the Inverter. It's a 50A on a 24v system, so I am jumping up to a 75A. The AMPINVT literature is very vague about things like. the Inverter was only at 78% capacity. Mine is a 3000w inverter.
I agree with above, you should size the wiring and breaker for 150 or more amps.No... it tripped the DC breaker I installed on the Inverter. It's a 50A on a 24v system, so I am jumping up to a 75A. The AMPINVT literature is very vague about things like. the Inverter was only at 78% capacity. Mine is a 3000w inverter.
For my my 24V, 2000W inverter I am using 1/0 AWG battery wires and a 175A circuit breaker. Nominal current for a 2000W load is ~88A. Surge demand could double this. I am also using 105 degree rated ABYC wire.I agree with above, you should size the wiring and breaker for 150 or more amps.
24v 3000W inverter can pull 125 fully loaded, and surge current can exceed 300A easily.
Odd...5000W/24V split phase version here. Something is going on that I can not understand. I built a 10KW/h battery bank and use this inverter to plug said bank into generator inlet. All works fine, except somehow my house uses 2x power when run on battery compared to generator.
On generator (pure sine Champion) load is ~500W
On battery load is ~1000W
Power usage on battery is corroborated by inverter itself, reporting ~20-25% which matches the 1000+W figure
Load is mostly computer stuff. I am using this device: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YY1KOHA to measure power usage (coil over neutral wire)
Anyone has any idea why increased power usage?
Also, balanced 120V loads will show zero watts when measuring the neutral wire for load...> Measuring only the current on the neutral wire will not show 240V loads.
In my scenario, there wasn't any active 240V loads. I have range and heat pump on 240V circuits, but both were off when I measured. Every load was using one of 110V phases
Link isn't working but from memory these are re-badged sigineer units.Has anyone worked with the AMPINVT Inverter/Chargers?