Inverter suggestions

[Johndobbs]

I've seen will on his videos talk highly of two inverters.
Growatt and MPP Solar.
I'm curious to see what inverters you guys have used and how reliable they have been.
I am a commercial driver and looking to put together some lithium batteries with the right inverter of quality.
Personally I like victron but they can be rather expensive.

 

[chrisski]

As a commercial driver, how many panels can you put up? I set up 900 watts of panels and those are about 30' X 2', so around 60 sq feet. That is not really a lot for a All in One like you mention. Those idle draws could be quite large.

I have a Victron Phoenix 24 volt 375 watt Inverter, A Samlex 3000 watt 24 volt PST Inverter and a Samlex 2000 watt 12 volt PST inverter and would recommend any of those. Idle draw on the Samlex's are about 1 amp so around 12 watts for the 12 volt and 27 watts for the large one. The smaller phoenix inverter has an idle draw of .33 amps.

 

[Johndobbs]

I'm not an owner operator so I can't put panels on the truck but I can put the panels in the truck and set them out before I go to sleep but it won't really need those at first.
The company I work for puts a 2000 W inverter in some of their trucks I could plug in 100 amps or more worth of chargers for a 12 volt system. on 2000 w right now I only plug in a 45 amp charger to charge 2 - 100 amp batteries