if anybody has a 1500 watt power inverter (with charge built in).. if you survive this mess and your house is safe afterward and you want to sell the inverter.. reach out to me..

What do you mean by charger? Most inverters wont charge anything by themselves. You can plug a charger into it for phones and things like that. You cant charge the battery its running on with it, that would be a perpetual motion machine and they dont exist.

There are some very high end inverter systems that will maintain a battery bank (Clary is one company) but you will shell out some serious coin for one of these.

Ken

by charger i mean that after the battery you are using is drained, if you can run 120V back into it (via a generator which i have) then it will recharge the battery you are using.. so the goal would be 6 hours generator, 6 hours battery, and vice versa.. its $299. TheInverterStore has a video on it.. perfect for sump pumps..

 

but anyway.. if i lose power nobody will be able to reach out to me anyway..

Speaking of inverters, every store is sold out of all of them everywhere I have seen.

 

I was lucky to get a 400 Watt one just before it sold out at a Pep Boys. Every store afterward, all sold out, empty shelves.

 

Got a good deal on a big deep cycle AGM battery at Sam's Club. Now with the two of those together I can run the furnace if we lose power, and charge cell phones, etc.

http://www.theinverterstore.com/1500-watt-modified-sine-inverter-charger.html

Interesting unit. but I would just grab the 2 items from Harbor freight here are links for them.

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive-motorcycle/battery/10-2-55-amp-6-12-volt-battery-charger-engine-starter-66783.html

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive-motorcycle/power-inverters/1500-watt-continuous-3000-watt-peak-power-inverter-93280.html

I think I know what you are talking about now. The rechargeable inverters are really just about useless. They can not run anything larger than 60-100watts for very long. They also lack any surge rating at all. That means that they cant start anything other than resistive loads. Anything with a motor in it wont run so dont plan on using it to run a sump pump or fridge. I hope everyone here weathers this storm ok with minimal losses.

Ken