BigT
Well-known member
Right now I'm running a Wagen 400 Watt pure sine wave inverter, wired directly to my battery via approx. 10' of 6 AWG stranded wires.
Problem is, it's not running my 120V input, 52 Volt e-bike battery charger. When I plug the charger in, it runs in spurts or surges.
I'm not sure why. Some very helpful folks here assured me it would work fine, and even said they were running the same kind of charger I was running, so I'm not sure what's up.
I was wondering if simply swapping out the 400W inverter with a more powerful 800 - 1,000 Watt unit would be the easiest thing to do?
On the chance that the Wagen is a POC(rap), I could use some recommendations on what brands of inverters to look at. I thought Wagen was OK, but some folks have been telling me they're junk and should be avoided.
I look forward to what I know from past experience will be very helpful replies.
Problem is, it's not running my 120V input, 52 Volt e-bike battery charger. When I plug the charger in, it runs in spurts or surges.
I'm not sure why. Some very helpful folks here assured me it would work fine, and even said they were running the same kind of charger I was running, so I'm not sure what's up.
I was wondering if simply swapping out the 400W inverter with a more powerful 800 - 1,000 Watt unit would be the easiest thing to do?
On the chance that the Wagen is a POC(rap), I could use some recommendations on what brands of inverters to look at. I thought Wagen was OK, but some folks have been telling me they're junk and should be avoided.
I look forward to what I know from past experience will be very helpful replies.