I just returned from the cabin and thought I would run our cabin off of our bunkhouse system to see if a Victron 1200 24 and 100 amp hour NIFE battery system could run our cabin for the afternoon and evening.
Well, it did surprisingly good, ran the well pump which showed 1030 watt on the power meter (Grundfos SQ) and took care of evening lighting and TV/DVD viewing. We consumed about 1250 watt hours during this trial.
The deal breaker was the morning when we fired up the Kerig coffee maker, that showed 1300 watts+ on the meter, the battery bank did sag to 22 volts but the Phoenix shut down! I realize it is only rated for 1000 watts but was hoping for a little better. The Exeltech XP1100 would of grumbled but it could do it at a clamped output.
The reason for trying this was to see if a Victron 1200 48 could be used for our cabin. I love how efficient they are, the broad voltage operating range and the VE direct option for blue tooth monitoring.
Now if they only made a true 2000 watt version of this inverter. I know they have the Mulltiplus 2000va with a built in charger but the price is more than double and I do not need a charger.
Morningstar's new Suresine is nice but they are expensive, also and I am not sure about their blue tooth ability to communicate with my TriStar MPPT 45 SCC.
How about it Victron? A 2000 watt 120 volt Phoenix with VE direct for $750?
Well, it did surprisingly good, ran the well pump which showed 1030 watt on the power meter (Grundfos SQ) and took care of evening lighting and TV/DVD viewing. We consumed about 1250 watt hours during this trial.
The deal breaker was the morning when we fired up the Kerig coffee maker, that showed 1300 watts+ on the meter, the battery bank did sag to 22 volts but the Phoenix shut down! I realize it is only rated for 1000 watts but was hoping for a little better. The Exeltech XP1100 would of grumbled but it could do it at a clamped output.
The reason for trying this was to see if a Victron 1200 48 could be used for our cabin. I love how efficient they are, the broad voltage operating range and the VE direct option for blue tooth monitoring.
Now if they only made a true 2000 watt version of this inverter. I know they have the Mulltiplus 2000va with a built in charger but the price is more than double and I do not need a charger.
Morningstar's new Suresine is nice but they are expensive, also and I am not sure about their blue tooth ability to communicate with my TriStar MPPT 45 SCC.
How about it Victron? A 2000 watt 120 volt Phoenix with VE direct for $750?