Tomthumb62
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Based upon another thread, it seems that Victron has permanently slashed prices for some of their charge controllers.
I was curious as to whether the inverter I bought 6 months ago was going for less, too. It is, but appears to simply be a sale:
www.currentconnected.com
It's going for about $40-50 less than when I bought it 6 months ago. This is a fantastic inverter with REAL surge power. It can surge for at least 30 seconds vs. the cheapo brands can only surge for 1 second or less, which isn't long enough to power up high-surge devices. I can run an 1850W vacuum on this 1000W Victron for 30 seconds before it starts beeping and for about a minute before the inverter cuts off power due to too long of overloaded state. A minute is long enough to vacuum the tiny space I need to clean up. The ECO mode works wonderfully (you do need the optional bluetooth dongle): mine is set to stay asleep for 60 seconds, then it wakes up for 5 seconds and looks for any device asking for power. If any device is asking for less than 10W of power, the inverter will fall asleep again. This is an excellent setup for my fridge, giving me an idle draw of about 2-3W. My previous Renogy 2000W inverter had an idle draw of 24W. So my idle draw consumption is about 72Wh (at 3W) on the Victron, compared to 576Wh (at 24W) on the Renogy. In a tiny camp trailer with 400W of flat-mounted flexible panels like ours, this idle consumption was killing our solar system, now it purrs like a kitten.
I was curious as to whether the inverter I bought 6 months ago was going for less, too. It is, but appears to simply be a sale:
Victron 12V Phoenix 1.2kVA 120V Inverter VE.Direct | Current Connected
Stay connected and power up confidently with the Victron Phoenix Inverter. Advanced features for a customizable and efficient power solution.
www.currentconnected.com
It's going for about $40-50 less than when I bought it 6 months ago. This is a fantastic inverter with REAL surge power. It can surge for at least 30 seconds vs. the cheapo brands can only surge for 1 second or less, which isn't long enough to power up high-surge devices. I can run an 1850W vacuum on this 1000W Victron for 30 seconds before it starts beeping and for about a minute before the inverter cuts off power due to too long of overloaded state. A minute is long enough to vacuum the tiny space I need to clean up. The ECO mode works wonderfully (you do need the optional bluetooth dongle): mine is set to stay asleep for 60 seconds, then it wakes up for 5 seconds and looks for any device asking for power. If any device is asking for less than 10W of power, the inverter will fall asleep again. This is an excellent setup for my fridge, giving me an idle draw of about 2-3W. My previous Renogy 2000W inverter had an idle draw of 24W. So my idle draw consumption is about 72Wh (at 3W) on the Victron, compared to 576Wh (at 24W) on the Renogy. In a tiny camp trailer with 400W of flat-mounted flexible panels like ours, this idle consumption was killing our solar system, now it purrs like a kitten.
