John Frum
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No, an ul-458 listed inverter charger is a much better way to go for your use case.I am sorry to be out of touch as I was a bit hamstrung because it was taking so long to return my bench tested inverter charger. As it turns out they are unable to return it for whatever reason, I didn't ask. I will be getting a refund on the inverter charger which gives me an opportunity to somewhat start over. So here are my plans and some questions:
- Would it be better to go with a separate dedicated inverter and dedicated charger? I would use a 2000 watt dedicated pure sine wave inverter and possibly trade out the existing WFCO charger with one for lithium batteries (WF-8735LIS). Any Feedback on that would be much appreciated.
IMO getting any converter is a poor choice.
- Quite frankly, I looked at a number of combo inverter chargers online and wasn't impressed with any of them except the Victron at $1,200+. I am not up for spending that much. I am looking at this dedicated inverter: Link to Inverter
- Replace the existing WFCO power center with one able to charge lithium batteries: Link to Charger
2000 ac watts * 1.5 low frequency factor / 12 volts low cutoff = 250 service ampsAm I missing anything. Comments appreciated.
- Replace the 250 amp breaker with a quality 200 amp fuse as denoted in the installation manual.
- Replace cables, the manual calls for 2/0 cabling versus 4awg that was used.
Thanks for all!
250 service amps / .8 fuse headroom = 312.5 fault amps.
You want minimum 2/0 awg with a 300 amp fuse.
This is a quality inverter_charger https://www.donrowe.com/samlex-evo-2212-pure-sine-inverter-charger-p/evo-2212.htm