paulsm1 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hi Has anyone had an Inverter fitted by Falcon Technology? Interested to know if it worked ok? Did the leisure battery cope? etc They are saying that a 2000W inverter fitted to a single 100amp Leisure battery with 100W Solar panel will happily cope.... main use will be 10-15mins/day of a 1200W hairdryer during 3-4 days of wild camping. They also wire into the existing plug sockets. The inverter has an on/off switch so it is switched off when not in use. thoughts??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weldted Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hi, I fitted a 2000 psw inverter fitted in our van. Unusually I have it fitted to the engine battery. This allows me to run my mains charger whilst driving to increase charging rates, I can also run my fridge on 240 cools better and is temp controlled. I have 300 watts of solar and two 100 amp batteries. As a rough guide you will use 28 amps @ 12 volt d.c. To produce 1 amp @ 240 volt a.c.so you are looking at 5 amps (1200 divided by 240 = 5) (5 X 28 = 140 amps) to take that out of a brand new good quality battery even at 15 mins will shorten the life very quickly. Ideally you should take no more than 50% of a batteries capacity less is preferred. Also with a single 100 amp solar panel depending on the time of year if you were to harvest 15 amps a day you would be doing well. You have to allow for your domestic use, lights, water pump, fridge control if ses, charging iPad's, phones. I benifit by having the inverter running off the engine battery I can always run the engine if I need extra capacity. The charging systems on most Motorhome is not that efficient at topping up the leisure batteries. Obviously I have to take care I don't flatten my starter battery. ( haven't done so far) Lastly engine batteries are designed for large discharges. And which ever way you go make sure that the inverter and the mains cannot be live at the same time. ( normaly by a rotary switch ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 You'll not go far wrong following Alans advice on this page http://www.aandncaravanservices.co.uk/inverters.php As you can see 100amp draw for any length of time is far above ideal on a 100ah battery. Ditch the hair dryer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Trustpilot comments on Falcon here https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.falcontechnical.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney1 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Blimey, complete contrasting experiences. Sounds like you take a roll of the dice so reason enough to avoid I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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