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HomePower, Light & SolarBattery ChargersBattery Maintenance & DesulfationXantrex Prowatt Sw1000 1000w True Sinewave Inverter |
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44 of 45 found the following review helpful:
real 1000 watts. real sinewave. real nice inverter Apr 22, 2010
By HMMWV
"God, Country, Corps"
Recently the price on inverters (esp true sine) has dropped quite a bit (there are two xantrex 1000 watt units - the older 750 buck one and now the $200-$300 price one). Xantrex has a wonderful reputation. I own this inverter along with their older model (pro-sine) and also the new entry from sunforce (yes - I have alot of 1000w inverters).
I also have alot of 1000w loads. In particular is my favorite testload - a 1050 w (with motor- the heating element is 1000w exactly but it has a blower that consumes 50w so technically its a tad high).
With this dummy load both of my xantrex inverters will run it all day or until the battery bank dies whichever comes first. They draw about 110-115 amps on the 12vdc lines.
The sunforce 1000w inverter CAN NOT run this load for more than 2 seconds without an output overload shutdown. But I still like the sunforce because it can handle 900W and it has an RF keychain remote on/off switch.
The point is Xantrex products are clean, reliable power, while other knockoffs (compare sunforce's 1K and this one and guess who coppied who) are not up to being a real 1K unit. If anyone wants a demo my email is in my profile - i'd be happy to film the two side by side on optima D31 blue top batteries and even give the sunforce the running head start with the fresh charge on the cells - 2 seconds and it will shutdown. Yes, i know 1050 watts is over 1000w, but the xantrex will drain the batteries before they complain of anything else runing the heatgun.
This is the leading brand in inverters today. Their new product line offers 3x the value of their older units without sacrificing quality or stability. It's a real value in high power inverters. Unfortunately, xantrex moved their mfg overseas and the quality suffered from more than one report. We no longer use this model, but for an apples to apples comparison against offshore mfg inverters, xantrex still has a better design to begin with = better product to ship back to the usa
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Love it. Dec 19, 2010
By Dark Wing Duck
"Gravity Rules"
I'm not running much off this device and the thing that strikes me is that the cooling fan only turns on when a certain temperature is reached. So for small loads, it's very quiet because the fan has no need to turn on. Previous experiences with inverter default to the fan being on and they are often very noisy.
The sine wave seems to be clean. After trying this, I'll never go back to modified sine waves for devices remotely designed to work with sine waves. Otherwise, I'll just go with the cheap square wave inverters.
I plan on buying another unit in the future.
14 of 19 found the following review helpful:
A-1 Product Dec 16, 2009
By D. Burns
Shipping was confusing, Web site tracking said item was out-of-stock for two weeks. I checked back the next day and it had already been shipped. Got it in about 3-4 days after that. Packaged securely, and received product as described. This inverter is more difficult to install than most. You have to hard-wire it to the battery with 1/0 Cables and a 90 amp Mega-fuse!!! Luckly I have an account with a electrical supply store, because they were the only place i could find the cables and fuse. Took me a couple hours to fish cables through the firewall, but this is one powerful inverter. Worth the installation time!
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 It got the job done. Sep 06, 2011
By Greg F
I bought this inverter for long power failures. I wanted a way to keep my fridge running overnight when I can't run my generator (out of consideration for my sleeping neighbors). At first it failed to start the fridge using 8ga jumper cables on a set of golf cart batteries. I ditched the jumpers and hard wired it to the batteries using proper connectors and 2ga wire. After that it ran the fridge fine. The nameplate on the fridge says 1320watts, using a meter I found it to peak around 1200w with an avg continuous load of 250w. I've only run it for about 8hrs so no word on longevity, but it appears to be a well made unit based on fit and form.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Realy high quality Dec 31, 2011
By Shahar
works great, has a screen with information about battery voltage and current used. Very low self consumption. very nice quality!!
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