On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:30:22 -0500, Eisboch wrote:


"Walt Bilofsky" wrote in message
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Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:31:30 -0800, Walt Bilofsky wrote:

Has anyone had experience trying to drive a Xantrex inverter/charger
with a small gas generator?


I tried it with little success.

Thanks for the info, Lloyd. I have a Statpower Truecharge 40, and am
shocked to hear that 1kW is not enough to drive it.

If I go ahead with this project, I'm planning to replace it with a
Prosine 2.0 inverter/charger. It claims a better power factor and
some other nifty features. From the manual:


Thought I might add a little personal experience with a Prosine 2.0
converter/charger/inverter that was factory installed in a small motorhome I
purchased a year and a half ago.

From day one, I had problems with it.

Wow - I've had the opposite experience with my Statpower. Apart from the
unexpected failure of running it from a genset, it's been great. Never any
failures. I just leave it plugged in year round, and the batteries
connected to it (golf-carts for house, Group 27 for starting) are now 7
years old and show no signs of failure.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36