I'm in a paralysis by analysis condition right now and could really use advice. I promise I won't come burn down your barn if I make the wrong choice. 
I was not planning to go this way right now and had budgeted and spec'd out my system from a bank of 4 280ah LFP's (24v setup of course..ya gotta play with the cool kids after all) with about 1500W panels, Victron stuff, etc for my RV getting ready for my full-time while I wander to and fro exploring the country. Health issues cropped up stalling things and funds. I do find myself needing to just do something so I can get out an about a little anyway.
So I needed batteries right away as my T105's are worn to a frazzle but served me very well for 4yrs of pretty hard use, OK abuse but don't tell my wife she thinks I'm a solar genius…HA! I grabbed a Renogy 200Ah AGM but was an idiot and got the single 200Ah battery at 130lbs, oops. So I need to hire in the neighbor kid to move it around these days.
I'm going very basic for now. It will be the battery dropped in to replace the existing 105's and a new inverter. Will wire the inverter directly to the battery for simplicity sake right now and the budget. I do need 3000W to run my blender, stop laughing OK? Part of my recovery means I drink about 72oz of smoothies daily and my Ninja is the 1400W model and does pull that much when grinding ice or on high. It's short bursts so not really worried about it draining the battery. I'll also use in varying combinations charge the laptop (about 125W charging) and will often run it plugged in. Then a couple TV's pretty much just one at a time. Both are newer QLED models with not a lot of current draw but it's there...a 50" and a 43" in bedroom. No worries about the fridge it's on propane most of the time unless I'm running one of the generators. Wife's hair dryer of course and other sundry hair burning or branding irons when it's playtime because life is way too short for plain old vanilla. But I digress…
Oh, will be just running off of extension cords I don't really want to get into anything more detail until I am physically, and mentally, up to that task.
I really have over analyzed the inverter detail and now I'm just burnt out. It doesn't need to be top tier at all as it should be in use no more than a year. I think I found a reasonable set of options? Maybe? They are:
Renogy 3000W
WZRELB 3000W (seduced by the wireless remote!!)
GoWISE 3000W PS1004
GoWISE 3000W PS1006
All are priced about the same, around $380 on Amazon. I thought I had ordered the GoWISE PS1004 a few weeks back but what they sent was, well, something different. So no more Amazon Warehouse for me. I only picked the PS1004 because Will shows it (I guess it is really the PS1006?) and it looked OK in his YT testing. Then I went shopping a bit more and found the other options after some reading here (the WZRELB whatever inverter), I thought how could Renogy be a bad option and then I learned there are two different GoWISE 3000W options. Oooookkkkkaaaay…I'm brain fired, someone choose for me!! Hehehehe…
Really I would love some input. I'm not worried about cabling I am a retired network designer and consultant who cut his teeth on the original Novel Netware. I gave up pulling cable in 1993 after an unpleasant experience installing a network in a friends dental practice…have you ever looked behind the ceiling tiles in a dental office? There is not even room for a bundle of 12 CAT5 cables and it was 110F outside and no AC in the ceiling of course…I still have nightmares.
But to be serious I can use some help. You folks are amazing and I've learned a lot from Will as well as mostly lurking here…THANKS A BUNCH!!
I was not planning to go this way right now and had budgeted and spec'd out my system from a bank of 4 280ah LFP's (24v setup of course..ya gotta play with the cool kids after all) with about 1500W panels, Victron stuff, etc for my RV getting ready for my full-time while I wander to and fro exploring the country. Health issues cropped up stalling things and funds. I do find myself needing to just do something so I can get out an about a little anyway.
So I needed batteries right away as my T105's are worn to a frazzle but served me very well for 4yrs of pretty hard use, OK abuse but don't tell my wife she thinks I'm a solar genius…HA!
I grabbed a Renogy 200Ah AGM but was an idiot and got the single 200Ah battery at 130lbs, oops. So I need to hire in the neighbor kid to move it around these days.I'm going very basic for now. It will be the battery dropped in to replace the existing 105's and a new inverter. Will wire the inverter directly to the battery for simplicity sake right now and the budget. I do need 3000W to run my blender, stop laughing OK? Part of my recovery means I drink about 72oz of smoothies daily and my Ninja is the 1400W model and does pull that much when grinding ice or on high. It's short bursts so not really worried about it draining the battery. I'll also use in varying combinations charge the laptop (about 125W charging) and will often run it plugged in. Then a couple TV's pretty much just one at a time. Both are newer QLED models with not a lot of current draw but it's there...a 50" and a 43" in bedroom. No worries about the fridge it's on propane most of the time unless I'm running one of the generators. Wife's hair dryer of course and other sundry hair burning or branding irons when it's playtime because life is way too short for plain old vanilla. But I digress…
Oh, will be just running off of extension cords I don't really want to get into anything more detail until I am physically, and mentally, up to that task.
I really have over analyzed the inverter detail and now I'm just burnt out. It doesn't need to be top tier at all as it should be in use no more than a year. I think I found a reasonable set of options? Maybe? They are:
Renogy 3000W
WZRELB 3000W (seduced by the wireless remote!!)
GoWISE 3000W PS1004
GoWISE 3000W PS1006
All are priced about the same, around $380 on Amazon. I thought I had ordered the GoWISE PS1004 a few weeks back but what they sent was, well, something different. So no more Amazon Warehouse for me. I only picked the PS1004 because Will shows it (I guess it is really the PS1006?) and it looked OK in his YT testing. Then I went shopping a bit more and found the other options after some reading here (the WZRELB whatever inverter), I thought how could Renogy be a bad option and then I learned there are two different GoWISE 3000W options. Oooookkkkkaaaay…I'm brain fired, someone choose for me!! Hehehehe…
Really I would love some input. I'm not worried about cabling I am a retired network designer and consultant who cut his teeth on the original Novel Netware. I gave up pulling cable in 1993 after an unpleasant experience installing a network in a friends dental practice…have you ever looked behind the ceiling tiles in a dental office? There is not even room for a bundle of 12 CAT5 cables and it was 110F outside and no AC in the ceiling of course…I still have nightmares.
But to be serious I can use some help. You folks are amazing and I've learned a lot from Will as well as mostly lurking here…THANKS A BUNCH!!
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