I see that this has 2 receptacles that each run 500W...is this the way it works with all inverters? ..if it had 4 receptacles they would each run 25% of the total wattage? What if you only use 1 of the receptacles, would it be capable of supplying 1000W? I would like a 2 receptacle inverter but am worried about the start up power needed for 5c. foot chest freezer ( says start up if 5A) Am I better off with a 1 receptacle inverter? I see that this has 2 receptacles that each run 500W...is this the way it works with all inverters? ..if it had 4 receptacles they would each run 25% of the total wattage? What if you only use 1... » Read More I see that this has 2 receptacles that each run 500W...is this the way it works with all inverters? ..if it had 4 receptacles they would each run 25% of the total wattage? What if you only use 1 of the receptacles, would it be capable of supplying 1000W? I would like a 2 receptacle inverter but am worried about the start up power needed for 5c. foot chest freezer ( says start up if 5A) Am I better off with a 1 receptacle inverter? « Show Less
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Every receptacle can hold about 8A. And 2 receptacles can hold total 8A. The freezer needs very high current when they startup. You will need to buy 2000watts inverter.
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ive owned this inverter and it is 1000 watts in one plug dude must have been on crack that day of the video. Only down side to it this inverter will not handle very much surge it will go up to about 1200 surge and beep the hole time but 1000 output it will do and hold it.
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I am pretty sure that internally, they are all connected to the same point, so it doesn't matter where the power goes, so long as your cumulative draw does not exceed the capacity of the inverter.
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Both receptacles on this unit deliver the full 1000W rated power. Some larger units (e.g. 2500W) separate the power between outlets, to ensure that each 15 amp AC-outlet cannot does not exceed this 15 amp current rating. This unit doesn't output more than 15 amp AC though, so both outlets have full access to the 1000W.I've had no trouble drawing the full 1000W from a single outlet on this unit.
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I did buy this inverter..it did just what we wanted it to do... we use it for a small solar application on an off grid camp.. our biggest concern was running a small chest freezer converted to a run as fridge with a 5A start up needed. Have not had a problem.
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The max power the inverter can handle is 1000 W. The receptacles are in parallel connected. So either receptacle can take max. 1000 W. U can have of instance a load of 50 W connected to one receptacle and on the other a load of 950 W, provide you are not exceeding the max. Hope this answers your question.
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I have blown inverters that have matching capacities to the PV's. A good rule is to give yourself extra capacity. Although your PV array is rated at 1000 watts your are probably producing 700watts tops. You are probably wondering if you can get away with using a 1000 watt inverter. I wouldn't risk it. I've done it in the past, but heat is your enemy. Over rate your system with a 1500 inverter and spare yourself the aggravation of living on a prayer. P.s. lengthen the life of your inverter by cooling it with a low wattage fan.
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I find one hundred watts equals one thousand BTU for Air conditioners the rating Is different for Electric heaters. My Generator runs My 10000 BTU Air conditioner just fine but 15000 BTU would be pushing It, a Air conditioner during start up can use 2 to 5 times more watts than when running If the start up Is more than 3 times Its Not going to have enough watts to start the Air conditioner by technical numbers that Is so I do Not know It might work. Its best to have a generator that puts out at least twice the amount of watts that You are going to be using so that the generator runs cool.
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Michelle your would have to look at the watts on the AC unit. ? And I could give u better answer This inverter is really a great unit but keep in mind battery. I tested it out and run a portable ac for 5 minutes on 1 fully charge battery. It worked great. My battery bank at the moment has 4 batterys links to solar panels AC unit would upto 30 minutes on what I have. Hope that helps you Inverter great. But you need a lot of batteries to run power drain units like AC Units
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This is designed to charge your battery or batteries, not to directly power lights and fans and whatnot. I have mine set up in conjunction with a solar panel grid. Each runs through a charge controller of its own and into a distribution block before going into the battery bank. To run lights or AC powered items you will need to either use a power inverter connected to your batteries. This is a great little turbine but its not designed to power something all by itself. Since wind speeds vary its power output will vary. you will want a charge controller to cut off power flow if the winds blow too hard or if your batteries are fully charged to prevent overcharging. think of the wiring like this: turbine&gt;charge controller&gt;battery bank&gt;power inverter&gt;lights and fans. I hope that helps. If not search YouTube for a guy named LDSprepper. I wired my solar and battery bank like his but I added the turbines for cloudy days.
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This is referred to as "Stacking" inverters. The problem is to do this inverters must be designed to work together, in phase. Some Inverters are specifically designed to be stacked. As far as I know Go Power Inverters are NOT able to be stacked. Good luck.
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if you have problems at the start, i am sure amazon will back you. i used my inverter for 3 days straight with no problems and am saving it for emergencys now, you should call power bright (company) talk to them and feel them out. for the money it is a great buy, but do not overload it drawing too much power. it has a fan built in, if it is running warm, ok, but if it is hot, let cool and try reducing load so it does not get hot. if it is running hot it will burn out in time. electronics can run cool or warm, if hot somethings wrong.
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This is the best DC plug-in I've owned (lots of them) -- it converts direct current from the cigarette (yuck) socket to both a single alternating 3-prong plug and four (4) USB ports. It will run all 5 at the same time. This is the only converter I've owned that will run my ac plug-ins such radio, CD player, PC, 200-watt heater and such in my tear drop trailer without plugging it into an outside AC plug. I hardly ever stay in full hookup campgrounds so this device is a real plus for me. As with all iPads iPhones you just need the white Apple AC plug to plug your iPhone into. Why regular USB plug-ins don't work -- well -- that's Apples question to answer. This is the best DC plug-in I've owned (lots of them) -- it converts direct current from the cigarette (yuck) socket to both a single alternating 3-prong plug and four (4) USB ports. It will run all 5 at the same time. This is the only converter I've owned that will run my ac plug-ins such radio, CD player, PC, 200-watt heater and such in my tear drop trailer without plugging it into an outside AC plug. I hardly ever stay in full hookup campgrounds so this device is a real plus for me. As with all iPads iPhones you just need the white Apple AC plug to plug your iPhone into. Why regular USB... » Read More This is the best DC plug-in I've owned (lots of them) -- it converts direct current from the cigarette (yuck) socket to both a single alternating 3-prong plug and four (4) USB ports. It will run all 5 at the same time. This is the only converter I've owned that will run my ac plug-ins such radio, CD player, PC, 200-watt heater and such in my tear drop trailer without plugging it into an outside AC plug. I hardly ever stay in full hookup campgrounds so this device is a real plus for me. As with all iPads iPhones you just need the white Apple AC plug to plug your iPhone into. Why regular USB plug-ins don't work -- well -- that's Apples question to answer. « Show Less
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I have an all electric home and the unit powers everything except my 70KVA heating system. I cut one breaker on the system to make it a 35KVA and it works fine. It powers my 4 ton central air, refrigerator, electric hot water heater as well as three burners on my electric stove. The amount of electricity used for lighting is insignificant since I have changed to all LED bulbs. Do no fear overloading the generator because it has a breaker to prevent damage from overloading. I had the local Generac dealer install mine and he tested it with the above load and it was only using 60% of its rated output. I have an all electric home and the unit powers everything except my 70KVA heating system. I cut one breaker on the system to make it a 35KVA and it works fine. It powers my 4 ton central air, refrigerator, electric hot water heater as well as three burners on my electric stove. The amount of electricity used for lighting is insignificant since I have changed to all LED bulbs. Do no fear overloading the generator because it has a breaker to prevent damage from overloading. I had the local Generac dealer install mine and he tested it with the above load and it was only using 60% of its rated... » Read More I have an all electric home and the unit powers everything except my 70KVA heating system. I cut one breaker on the system to make it a 35KVA and it works fine. It powers my 4 ton central air, refrigerator, electric hot water heater as well as three burners on my electric stove. The amount of electricity used for lighting is insignificant since I have changed to all LED bulbs. Do no fear overloading the generator because it has a breaker to prevent damage from overloading. I had the local Generac dealer install mine and he tested it with the above load and it was only using 60% of its rated output. « Show Less
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Mine will run a small 700 watt air unit in my shop just fine and it ran my old refrigerator just fine but it will not run the new energy star fridge. The new fridge would not even try to turn on. I guess it looks at the input to see if it is good and gave this inverter a fail.
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In the booklet it comes with, it says: Input Voltage: 120VAC/60 Hz. Power Consumption at 1.0 min./working: 650 watts/60 watts Im assuming this means its uses 650 watts per minute. It also says it takes 3-5mins to heat up. We just got ours and we live off grid on solar power. I wished I had asked this question before I bought it, because we only have a 300 Watt inverter, so we wont be able to use this. AND, Lava just flowed into my town of Pahoa yesterday, so no more post office service soon. I'd have to drive over an hour to get to a post office and return it, so I might just keep it, and save up for a bigger inverter. I just called Purple Cows and, after being on hold for a minute, I was asked to leave a message and told that someone would call me back. That was at 12:23 I got a call back at
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15amps pre side. Totals 30amps total. The thing I found out about these little inverters is not to run them on a weak power supply, if an extension cord is needed, use a VERRY heavy cord. And the manufacturer " implies " it is the ground by stating adding a ground to lugs in back of unit. Believe me 30 is plenty! But I use a generator with 30 and40 amp outlets and always a ground stake. O by the way,the foot rheostat pictured in the ad does not come with it had to go on line to a German supplier to find one. So if your cripple like me and a foot switch is critical, you may want to do some further looking. Otherwise this machine is amazing. 15amps pre side. Totals 30amps total. The thing I found out about these little inverters is not to run them on a weak power supply, if an extension cord is needed, use a VERRY heavy cord. And the manufacturer " implies " it is the ground by stating adding a ground to lugs in back of unit. Believe me 30 is plenty! But I use a generator with 30 and40 amp outlets and always a ground stake. O by the way,the foot rheostat pictured in the ad does not come with it had to go on line to a German supplier to find one. So if your cripple like me and a foot switch is critical, you may... » Read More 15amps pre side. Totals 30amps total. The thing I found out about these little inverters is not to run them on a weak power supply, if an extension cord is needed, use a VERRY heavy cord. And the manufacturer " implies " it is the ground by stating adding a ground to lugs in back of unit. Believe me 30 is plenty! But I use a generator with 30 and40 amp outlets and always a ground stake. O by the way,the foot rheostat pictured in the ad does not come with it had to go on line to a German supplier to find one. So if your cripple like me and a foot switch is critical, you may want to do some further looking. Otherwise this machine is amazing. « Show Less
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I think the question was... will this unit use 44 watts of power no matter the load? ie... will this unit still consume 44 wats if you only have a 5 watt load...My best guess is it will only use what it delivers to the load plus some wasted power in the 120 to 12 volt conversion process as there are no 100% efficient methods of conversion.
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Hi Aimee,Thank you for your inquiry! This system by itself would not be able to generate 4Kw / 4,000 watts per day because it is only a 1.2KW / 1,200 watts system. There is not enough battery power and solar power to sustain 4Kw, plus, the inverter is probably not large enough to sustain multiple devices at a time. It can probably power certain devices in your home, however, we would need the specifications, including the watts and running times, for those devices to determine that information for you. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.Best regards,Earthtech Products Hi Aimee,Thank you for your inquiry! This system by itself would not be able to generate 4Kw / 4,000 watts per day because it is only a 1.2KW / 1,200 watts system. There is not enough battery power and solar power to sustain 4Kw, plus, the inverter is probably not large enough to sustain multiple devices at a time. It can probably power certain devices in your home, however, we would need the specifications, including the watts and running times, for those devices to determine that information for you. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.Best... » Read More Hi Aimee,Thank you for your inquiry! This system by itself would not be able to generate 4Kw / 4,000 watts per day because it is only a 1.2KW / 1,200 watts system. There is not enough battery power and solar power to sustain 4Kw, plus, the inverter is probably not large enough to sustain multiple devices at a time. It can probably power certain devices in your home, however, we would need the specifications, including the watts and running times, for those devices to determine that information for you. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.Best regards,Earthtech Products « Show Less
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I took a look at my Dork Food specifications and it states that my unit is 120V AC both input output and with max 15 Amps. As an aside it works like a charm. If you decide on this unit I would suggest you get the largest slow cooker you can find. That was my only draw back. You will find that you will want to do larger items or multiple items and you just won't have the capacity. If you still are interested in the Dork use a small aquarium vibrator pump and air stone to keep the water circulating. I finally went to the PolyScience circulator and heat which is a quantum leap and just about perfect. $240 discounted. I took a look at my Dork Food specifications and it states that my unit is 120V AC both input output and with max 15 Amps. As an aside it works like a charm. If you decide on this unit I would suggest you get the largest slow cooker you can find. That was my only draw back. You will find that you will want to do larger items or multiple items and you just won't have the capacity. If you still are interested in the Dork use a small aquarium vibrator pump and air stone to keep the water circulating. I finally went to the PolyScience circulator and heat which is a quantum leap and just about... » Read More I took a look at my Dork Food specifications and it states that my unit is 120V AC both input output and with max 15 Amps. As an aside it works like a charm. If you decide on this unit I would suggest you get the largest slow cooker you can find. That was my only draw back. You will find that you will want to do larger items or multiple items and you just won't have the capacity. If you still are interested in the Dork use a small aquarium vibrator pump and air stone to keep the water circulating. I finally went to the PolyScience circulator and heat which is a quantum leap and just about perfect. $240 discounted. « Show Less
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David, you need to check the current draw from the mini fridge. There should be a label on it somewhere that tells you the current draw in Amps, or hopefully watts. The inverter is rated at 300 watts, so it will run most refrigerators, but how long it will run depends on what your mini fridge draws and how often it needs to cycle (on and off) which depends on many factors including the ambient (room) temperature. The surge capacity of the Yeti 400 is 600 watts, and that should be sufficient.
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You can have 200+ input amp POTIENTAL, but the inverter will only draw the current required by the load. So having plenty of input amp potiential is a good thing. Once the load is too much for the inverter, it shuts down. Also there is a 25 amp fuse that limits the amount of current drawn from the 24 volt supply. Load watts are roughly AC Amps X 110 VAC = Watts, and Start-up is usually double that. So this unit can handle 400 watts continuous with surge capability to 800 watts.