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Item no. 2012

User’s Manual

5000 Watt AC Inverter

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Page 2: ...ide LOAD CONSIDERATIONS When an appliance with a motor starts it requires an momentary surge of power This surge of power is the starting load or peak load Once started the appliance requires less power to continue to operate This is known as the continuous load It is important to know the starting loads and the continuous loads of the appliances that are to be powered by the inverter Appliance po...

Page 3: ...ltage at the DC terminals of the inverter not actual battery voltage During high wattage applications the display may show a lower voltage level than the battery because of voltage drop that occurs between the DC input cables and the battery This voltage drop should not be greater than 0 25 volts as a greater voltage will seriously reduce run time This inverter will operate with input voltage rang...

Page 4: ...nary AC voltmeters are calibrated to read average voltage and assume that the AC waveform will be a pure sine wave These meters will not correctly read MSW voltage and will display about 20 to 30 volts too low Any multi meter identified as TRUE RMS will accurately read MSW correctly INVERTER OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS The high output terminals and outlets of this inverter are wired in a similar manner...

Page 5: ...watts this can cause immediate overload shut down At 5 000 watts continuous output this inverter requires a DC power supply battery bank that can continuously supply 500 amps at 12V DC for the duration of the run time CONFIGURING THE BATTERY BANK To determine the minimum battery ampere hour rating that you will need to operate appliances from the inverter and any DC appliances powered by the batte...

Page 6: ...id battery under load providing that it has an AH rating at the 20 hour rate Continuing with the previous example the 150 amp load will need to run for 10 hours so we begin configuration with a 1 500 AH battery If the vertical is 1 500 and the horizontal is 150 amps the percentage of load on the battery is 10 The curve shows that the 1 500 AH is derated to 90 of maximum This means that the battery...

Page 7: ... front panel of the inverter is in the OFF 0 position Disconnect any remote switch from the connector on the front panel 4 Locate the ground lug terminal at the rear of the inverter Connect an insulated 6 gage copper wire to the terminal The other end of the ground wire is connected to a proper grounding point Use the shortest practical length of wire Connect this wire to the chassis of your vehic...

Page 8: ... has 16 500 AH of capacity as in the example above and has been discharged to 10 5 volts discharged The charger has to replace 2145 AH 1650 x 1 3 AH in 14 hours So the charger must charge at a rate of 153 amps for 14 hours As this charge current is distributed among the batteries in the battery bank the current received by an individual battery is within its charge rating Be sure that the battery ...

Page 9: ...or weak battery condition Recharge or replace battery Inadequate power being delivered to the inverter or excessive voltage drop Use lower gauge wire Keep wire length as short as possible PROBLEM TV does not work Reason Solution TV does not turn on Contact TV manufacture to see if the TV is compatible with a modified sine wave SPECIFICATIONS Name Description Input 12V 10 15V DC Output 115V AC Outp...

Page 10: ...on will at its option replace or repair the defective part A Returned Merchandise Authorization number RMA is REQUIRED when sending in any defective item WAGAN Corporation is not responsible for any item s returned without an official Returned Merchandise Authorization number The item s must be returned with prepaid shipping WAGAN Corporation is not responsible for any shipping charges incurred in...

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