Xantrex prosine or modified

[Steve Pfiffner]

A battery bank that size needs no more than about 150 amps of
charging
capacity(at 12 volts), just because you have a 300amp alternator does
not mean the battery
bank can utilize it. I personally have had poor luck with Xantrex 40
amp chargers,
ever wonder why reman units are always available? I have had great
service from
Iota chargers http://www.solarseller.com/
Pure sine wave are very overhyped, if the Heart does the job I would
stick with it,
there is scant evidence of improvments since '94

Steve
BB Wannabee


----Original Message----
From: Gregoryoc@...
Date: 02/08/2008 9:10
To:
Subj: [WanderlodgeForum] Xantrex prosine or modified

I do quite a bit of dry camping short trips. Last year I replaced 8
12volt batteries with 6 L-16 and now I need a larger battery charger.

I now have the origional '94 heart2800 inverter and two '04 Xantrex
smart charge 40's for chargers. When the detroit is powered it puts
out over 300 amps so I know the bank can take a large charge. I
want to tax the generator with powering more charger at a shorter
run time. It seems that the best way to buy a charger larger than 50
amps is to buy a inverter charger. My thinking is that inverter
technology has advanced in efficiency since '94 also therefor I
narrowed my choice to Xantrex refurbished units. I like refurbished
mostly because $$$$$$$$$$$.

I cant get a straight answer if the new modified sine inverters are
more efficient with consumption of 12volts then my old '94
heart2800. Do I need a pure sine wave if the old heart does
everything I need?

here is a link to the prices on refurbished Xantrex
http://sunelec.com/Distributors_/Trace/body_trace.html


GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa