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MikeS
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hi All.
I run a small business from a caravan & have been using inverters to
power it, however I have killed 3 decent ones.
They just stop & come up with the fault light, no fuse blowin nothing.
The last one was the size of a house 800w continuous with a big fan
etc. Lasted no time at all ( a day ). I have had the electrics checked
out in the caravan and found nothing.
The last one was running the following when it went:
a 15w light
a 36 w strip light
a set of weighing scales ( very little power)
a small radio
a phone charger.
It had been runnig just the scales / Radio & phone charger during the
day - only had the lights on for 5 mins when i got dark when it went.
It inverter wasn't hot at all.
This is typical of the load. I have a flashing rope light I put on, but
only tend to use that with the generator, as although one of the
inverters did run it b4 it died ( again well within wattage) the
battery - a 100ah leisure battery - was eaten up quite quickly when it
was all on & the inverter did get quite warm, so never really risked
it.
Any ideas? I am running out of ideas!
cheers all.
Mike
I run a small business from a caravan & have been using inverters to
power it, however I have killed 3 decent ones.
They just stop & come up with the fault light, no fuse blowin nothing.
The last one was the size of a house 800w continuous with a big fan
etc. Lasted no time at all ( a day ). I have had the electrics checked
out in the caravan and found nothing.
The last one was running the following when it went:
a 15w light
a 36 w strip light
a set of weighing scales ( very little power)
a small radio
a phone charger.
It had been runnig just the scales / Radio & phone charger during the
day - only had the lights on for 5 mins when i got dark when it went.
It inverter wasn't hot at all.
This is typical of the load. I have a flashing rope light I put on, but
only tend to use that with the generator, as although one of the
inverters did run it b4 it died ( again well within wattage) the
battery - a 100ah leisure battery - was eaten up quite quickly when it
was all on & the inverter did get quite warm, so never really risked
it.
Any ideas? I am running out of ideas!
cheers all.
Mike