My gf's mum, in a retirement village relies quite heavily on her pure sine wave inverter (oxygen machine and a small lamp) in these dark times.
She has had several issues with a 1000w pure sine wave unit over the past year, built and installed by the same gent.
20 December he added a 3rd 12V battery (R2400) cos the R8k system with 2 batteries was not coping with 4 hour outages.
Monday 30 Jan he found that the inverter was not switching between Eskom and the battery and temporarily put in a 2000w unit.
Today, 2 Feb, he reports: "The inverter had blown fuses and transistor. Which was fixed and i re-installed
What blew them .
maybe eskom surge?
Cost R350 + my time and travel say R350 total R700"
My questions are: Shouldn't there be protection against surges, does this sound normal, does he know what he's doing and does anyone have any tips/ recommendations?
She has had several issues with a 1000w pure sine wave unit over the past year, built and installed by the same gent.
20 December he added a 3rd 12V battery (R2400) cos the R8k system with 2 batteries was not coping with 4 hour outages.
Monday 30 Jan he found that the inverter was not switching between Eskom and the battery and temporarily put in a 2000w unit.
Today, 2 Feb, he reports: "The inverter had blown fuses and transistor. Which was fixed and i re-installed
What blew them .
maybe eskom surge?Cost R350 + my time and travel say R350 total R700"
My questions are: Shouldn't there be protection against surges, does this sound normal, does he know what he's doing and does anyone have any tips/ recommendations?
