giandel inverter

[twmangrove]

I am replacing a Xantrex PS 2000 inverter which recently died. I sent the following message to Giandel:

"I am considering the purchase of this inverter and I see that it has a 20A solar controller. My RV has a solar array and solar charger connected to my battery bank but I'm wondering if I can add additional panels and connect them to this inverter to increase my capacity. The solar production from my current array is not great." I then received the following reply: "

Thank you for your reply.
Confirmed with our engineering team, it is workable , but the extra solar panel should not exceed 300 watt.

Would anyone on the forum care to double-check this for me? By the way, even if adding additional solar panels is not advised I will likely still buy this inverter. I currently have aging AGM batteries and will likely change to lithium in the near future. Perhaps the Litime 12v 100AH ones reviewed by Will Prowse.

Thanks,

 

[Rednecktek]

Just to let you know, I know that unit and I had a really bad experience with them. The first one I got would immediately fry anything with electronic controls. Fortunately I learned this on space heaters and a coffee pot. I returned it and got a replacement, it did the exact same thing. I'm glad it was summer and replacement space heaters were cheap as I fried 5 of them between the 2 units.

Would definitely avoid!

 

[twmangrove]

Did you ever find out why the inverter fried your electronics?

 

[Adam De Lay]

Which giandel inveter?

 

[Rednecktek]

The 1200w one with the integrated PWM controller was the one I had too many issues with.

 

[micronchaser]

I am replacing a Xantrex PS 2000 inverter which recently died. I sent the following message to Giandel:

"I am considering the purchase of this inverter and I see that it has a 20A solar controller. My RV has a solar array and solar charger connected to my battery bank but I'm wondering if I can add additional panels and connect them to this inverter to increase my capacity. The solar production from my current array is not great." I then received the following reply: "

Thank you for your reply.
Confirmed with our engineering team, it is workable , but the extra solar panel should not exceed 300 watt.

Would anyone on the forum care to double-check this for me? By the way, even if adding additional solar panels is not advised I will likely still buy this inverter. I currently have aging AGM batteries and will likely change to lithium in the near future. Perhaps the Litime 12v 100AH ones reviewed by Will Prowse.

Thanks,

I just purchased a giandel PS-2200KSC 2200 watt 12v inverter with a built-in solar charge controller. You can hook up 3 100watt solar panels to this PWM built-in charge controller and also use your original solar charging system to charge your battery bank. This unit can only charge lead-acid or AGM batteries ! Not LiFe4PO lithium batteries... So if you change to lithium batteries in the future, this controller/inverter is a wast of money

 

[Rednecktek]

I just purchased a giandel PS-2200KSC 2200 watt 12v inverter with a built-in solar charge controller. You can hook up 3 100watt solar panels to this PWM built-in charge controller and also use your original solar charging system to charge your battery bank. This unit can only charge lead-acid or AGM batteries ! Not LiFe4PO lithium batteries... So if you change to lithium batteries in the future, this controller/inverter is a wast of money

I had a couple of those fry electronics first time I powered them on. Sent them all back and finally got a refund. I had to replace too many wifi routers. Pieces of krap!