Xantrex Technologies XPower Plus 1,200-Watt Inverter #813-1050

Xantrex Technologies XPower Plus 1,200-Watt Inverter #813-1050

Toaster? Microwave? No Problem

I purchased this inverter last year to install in our new Lance P/U camper for our trip of a lifetime to Alaska. Let me say the unit worked excellent. I installed the feed cables with #2 AWG after the first attempt with #8 left to much voltage drop to the unit. Like they tell you in the manual, DUH! Anyhow the unit worked flawlessly with our 19" Samsung HDTV, no retrace lines or any interference with the TV reception, something I was slightly worried about because of the "square sine" output of the unit. Using the unit for everyday AC uses, TV, laptop, digi camera and other chargers was perfect. We would often leave it on during our long day trips and everything would be charged when we got to our destinations. And while it did run our toaster and microwave, not at the same time, the unit would "whine" a bit while doing it. It does pull pretty hard on your battery according to your load. What I really like about the unit is the low amp draw in a no load condition, <0.4 A DC. Some other units pull at 1.5a or more in no load. My only wish was that it had a better remote shut off setup. The Xantrex remote SO setup only cuts off the output? Yeah shutin of your stuff does the same thing. But still I think its great.