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Ed (4.131.35.36)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 10:45 pm: | |
I was at a garage sale today and now need to identify what I brought. Exide nautilus platinum power inverter charger Model 2000EX, 2000 what inverter 110 amp charger. Now this thing is brand new in box but without manual. The fellow says he obtained it at a place he used to work and though it was a charger for large forklift batteries.
I have heart inverters in the bus and this sure looks like a 2000 inverter plus. It has adjustments for float, bulk and eq (equalizer?) Has 30 amp input and 30 amp charger breaker.
Sticker on side says AC specs input 120vac,60hz,25amps max then output is same.
DC specs inverter mode, 10.5 to 15.6 vdc 225 amps,
Charger mode 12.9 to 13.5 vdc (float) 14.1 to 14.7 vdc (bulk) 15.5 to 16.1 equalize. 110 amps DC max
It is as heavy if not more so then the trace and heart that I have.
Am I wrong in thinking that it is a 12 volt to 110volt 2000 watt true sine inverter?
Thank you for any help. Could not find the exide on a search. Ed |
Airless in Mississippi (69.92.6.98)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 1:02 am: | |
http://www.irbs.com/lists/live-aboard/0003/0164.html
2004 Stephanie of Yuba City, California writes regarding charger and inverter
We own a 30' Savannah 5th wheel equipt with 3 solar panels. We recently had our Exide inverter/charger Model 2000EX stolen. Since this product is no longer advailable, we are in the market for another one. Also, do we really need a charger; can we get by with just an inverter?
Dear Stephanie,
I've always had a mental block regarding converters and inverters. I can't remember which is which. In fact, I have my mental block because I don't care which is which. I suggest to get everything (twice) that way you have what you need and a spare.
http://66.218.71.225/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=2000EX+Exide+&u=www.rvadvice.com/rvfools.html&w=2000ex+exide&d=5C8E44D6E5&c=569&yc=57586&icp=1 |
Geoff (Geoff) (66.238.120.2)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 7:33 am: | |
Take it back to the place the fellow used to work and tell them how you got it. They might give you the manual, or they might put the guy in jail.
--Geoff |
Tom Caffrey (Pvcces) (65.74.65.65)
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Ed, there was at least one of these on eBay recently, IIRC. I believe that they are modified sine wave and approximately the same as the black case Heart Freedom 20. They may not have the neutral bonding that the Heart has.
I found a few posts from someone trying to get his repaired and the owner insisted that there was absolutely no support from Exide anymore.
They're probably worth a couple hundred if they're in good working order, but it might be best to figure on abandoning it when anything goes wrong, other than replacing a bad control.
The voltage settings are battery dependent; you don't need anything from Exide for these settings, as far as I know. You can use the information in your Heart installation guide to install and use it, I imagine.
Try different loads to discover the idle settings; I doubt that you will be able to change whatever you find. Ditto on any power sharing feature it might have.
To prove whether it is a sine wave or modified sine wave, try an inexpensive voltmeter on it while it is inverting. Compare your readings with the Heart and the Trace(if it is a sine wave).
If you get a low reading on the Exide and the Heart, but not the Trace, your meter will not be an RMS meter and it will read low on modified sine wave outputs. If the Trace and the Exide are the same, then the Exide will be a sine wave unit.
Exide is giving you both the input and output currents of the AC and the DC.
I hope this helps.
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576
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