It might sound obvious that the inverter is showing input power but "JUST IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW" it needs utility power coming into it or it won't work.
(so the utility worker doesn't get injured during an outage from your inverter)
mine also is a bit faulty but managed to get it partly working, got the 200w grid tie inverter, but found solution to it, solar panel to charge regulator controller to battery to grid tie inverter to watt meter to wall-socket watch the cables that they can handle it and how you connect it and flip the grid tie inverter a couple times on and off , then when it rises to a good wattage then its fixed , solar panels charge the batteries during daylight and at night the battery gives to wall-socket
Powerjack in my opinion is crap as with my setup of 130 watt from two panels setup in parrellel giving me 14.60 vdc with the powerjack 1200 14-28dc i only get the most 80 watt and since yesterday it seem stuck on 50 and in jamaica the sun shines for almost 8hrs with an intensity so hot you could cook a ham outside
wow! not surprised i have bought several of these units various sizes and have had a 60% fail rate.once you contact the seller on ebay they may at best replace the unit but the certainly will block you from bidding on any more of there inverters. I have a least 10 of these things laying around useless that they will not make good.I find it interesting that they sell replacement parts as well on ebay as though they know these are another chinese disposable junk product
I was woundering too, I hook up 2 12volt batterys to get 24 volts and then to the powerjack 600w (from china) runs for a few nimutes. I get 380 watts then dropes to 0. The seller says not to use batterys only solar or wind. What the heck is the difference 24v is 24v battery solar wind?
@dalamar437 I fixed my inverter today. 2 pcs mosfet transistor FB 38N20D was shorted.
Since my inside fuse is rated 25 amps and total amps from my 2 x 200W panels ( max combined Amps 16 A) 16 amps did not blow. If you have the same problem you can get the transistors from DIGI KEY
$4.85 each. Symptons.... When you connect the solar panels only it sparks a lot.
I wouldn't worry about the fluctuations, these things have MPPT and could have been trying to do it's thing for solar panels (read up on MPPT and you will understand). Or maybe like you said about your charger. A few of the GTI companies said not to connect them to a battery, but I think a short duration should be OK. You are planning on running this with solar cells, right?
@nrodge1 Yep, a solar panel connects to the controller, the controller has connections for the battery and a separate load (which i'm connecting to the inverter) if you search "10A Solar Panel Charge Controller Regulator 12V/24V cmp" on ebay you can see what i have.
It's going to pull 16A+ from those batteries or your panels at full output, I hope you are going to use thicker wires than those, and watch that those don't get too hot while you are testing.
@nrodge1 Yeah the inverter instruction booklet says that 8 gauge is optimal, so far I'm just using 10 gauge. I'll be sure to have save thicknesses on everything I'm doing though. Thanks!
@nrodge1 Yeah the inverter instruction booklet says that 8 gauge is optimal, so far I'm just using 10 gauge. I'll be sure to have safe thicknesses on everything I'm doing though. Thanks!
That's easy. Even the 12V models need 14V just to start up. These are spec'ed at 28 to 55V so hook up that other battery you have for 36V. Or why not hook it to your panels like you normally would? If you got it off of ebay you have 15 to 30 days to return it, read the info the seller had on ebay, also ebay may cover you anyway, so don't smash it. Or, worse case, send it to me if you are just going to throw it away! I could use the parts.
@nrodge1 THANK YOU nrodge1!!!!! Mystery solved! I connected a 3rd battery in series as you suggested and the inverter was at one point producing 240 - 290 watts! Looks like I won't have to smash it after all ;)
1 more question if I may... I noticed after I let it run for a good 5 - 10 minutes that the amount of watts output began to fluctuate by a large range anywhere from 40 watts, jumping to 120 watts, up to 240 and back down to 80 etc. I suspect the charge controller is at fault.
all i got for ya is make sure you have the 120v at the power strip before you plug in the GTI and make sure the battery voltage is still high enough when you hook it to the GTI.Maybe try it without the power strip.Maybe its labeled wrong and you need to give it more voltage.I hope you get it working or replaced.TAKE CARE
@michael970 Thanks Michael. I've tried those things and I get the same result. I think my inverter is bad :( I think I might have to get another one. I saw another GTI video where some guys smashed theirs with hammers... I might have to give that a try if I don't get any unique suggestions on here.
It might sound obvious that the inverter is showing input power but "JUST IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW" it needs utility power coming into it or it won't work.
(so the utility worker doesn't get injured during an outage from your inverter)
My appologies if you knew this already!
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mine also is a bit faulty but managed to get it partly working, got the 200w grid tie inverter, but found solution to it, solar panel to charge regulator controller to battery to grid tie inverter to watt meter to wall-socket watch the cables that they can handle it and how you connect it and flip the grid tie inverter a couple times on and off , then when it rises to a good wattage then its fixed , solar panels charge the batteries during daylight and at night the battery gives to wall-socket
SpeedManiac1976 2 months ago
Powerjack in my opinion is crap as with my setup of 130 watt from two panels setup in parrellel giving me 14.60 vdc with the powerjack 1200 14-28dc i only get the most 80 watt and since yesterday it seem stuck on 50 and in jamaica the sun shines for almost 8hrs with an intensity so hot you could cook a ham outside
FIREFLAMECODAJA 3 months ago
Mine worked for a day. Just replaced shorted output transistor and 5A fuse. Works OK for now.
MasterJonze 3 months ago
wow! not surprised i have bought several of these units various sizes and have had a 60% fail rate.once you contact the seller on ebay they may at best replace the unit but the certainly will block you from bidding on any more of there inverters. I have a least 10 of these things laying around useless that they will not make good.I find it interesting that they sell replacement parts as well on ebay as though they know these are another chinese disposable junk product
ebsaville 5 months ago
hi, can you plug in a 1000 watt hair dryer on this inverter
ProtocolsMaster 8 months ago
I was woundering too, I hook up 2 12volt batterys to get 24 volts and then to the powerjack 600w (from china) runs for a few nimutes. I get 380 watts then dropes to 0. The seller says not to use batterys only solar or wind. What the heck is the difference 24v is 24v battery solar wind?
jimwilsonaz 10 months ago
@jimwilsonaz I have the same ? What is the difference 24 volts is 24 volts batt solar wind.
Did you ever get an answer to this??
Thanks Greg
ottopuppy 8 months ago
@ottopuppy Turns out 24v is the minimum, it fired up once I added 36v to it.
dalamar437 8 months ago
@ottopuppy Turns out 24v was the minimum. It fired right up when I added 36v to it.
dalamar437 8 months ago
@dalamar437 I fixed my inverter today. 2 pcs mosfet transistor FB 38N20D was shorted.
Since my inside fuse is rated 25 amps and total amps from my 2 x 200W panels ( max combined Amps 16 A) 16 amps did not blow. If you have the same problem you can get the transistors from DIGI KEY
$4.85 each. Symptons.... When you connect the solar panels only it sparks a lot.
solarpanels3 6 months ago
Hey glad to see you got the inverter working.I hope you can get some good power from it.TAKE CARE
michael970 1 year ago
I wouldn't worry about the fluctuations, these things have MPPT and could have been trying to do it's thing for solar panels (read up on MPPT and you will understand). Or maybe like you said about your charger. A few of the GTI companies said not to connect them to a battery, but I think a short duration should be OK. You are planning on running this with solar cells, right?
nrodge1 1 year ago
@nrodge1 Yep, a solar panel connects to the controller, the controller has connections for the battery and a separate load (which i'm connecting to the inverter) if you search "10A Solar Panel Charge Controller Regulator 12V/24V cmp" on ebay you can see what i have.
dalamar437 1 year ago
Another option is to use a car charger to get each battery up to 14V and then try again if you don't have a 3rd battery handy.
Fearlessthinker 1 year ago
It's going to pull 16A+ from those batteries or your panels at full output, I hope you are going to use thicker wires than those, and watch that those don't get too hot while you are testing.
nrodge1 1 year ago
@nrodge1 Yeah the inverter instruction booklet says that 8 gauge is optimal, so far I'm just using 10 gauge. I'll be sure to have save thicknesses on everything I'm doing though. Thanks!
dalamar437 1 year ago
@nrodge1 Yeah the inverter instruction booklet says that 8 gauge is optimal, so far I'm just using 10 gauge. I'll be sure to have safe thicknesses on everything I'm doing though. Thanks!
dalamar437 1 year ago
That's easy. Even the 12V models need 14V just to start up. These are spec'ed at 28 to 55V so hook up that other battery you have for 36V. Or why not hook it to your panels like you normally would? If you got it off of ebay you have 15 to 30 days to return it, read the info the seller had on ebay, also ebay may cover you anyway, so don't smash it. Or, worse case, send it to me if you are just going to throw it away! I could use the parts.
nrodge1 1 year ago
@nrodge1 I was going to suggest this as well. All the ones I have do not start up at the advertised low-end voltage.
Fearlessthinker 1 year ago
@nrodge1 THANK YOU nrodge1!!!!! Mystery solved! I connected a 3rd battery in series as you suggested and the inverter was at one point producing 240 - 290 watts! Looks like I won't have to smash it after all ;)
1 more question if I may... I noticed after I let it run for a good 5 - 10 minutes that the amount of watts output began to fluctuate by a large range anywhere from 40 watts, jumping to 120 watts, up to 240 and back down to 80 etc. I suspect the charge controller is at fault.
dalamar437 1 year ago
@dalamar437 I believe the charge controller for 12 - 24 volts so for the duration I had the 36 volts tied in could be why it's fluctuating?
dalamar437 1 year ago
all i got for ya is make sure you have the 120v at the power strip before you plug in the GTI and make sure the battery voltage is still high enough when you hook it to the GTI.Maybe try it without the power strip.Maybe its labeled wrong and you need to give it more voltage.I hope you get it working or replaced.TAKE CARE
michael970 1 year ago
@michael970 Thanks Michael. I've tried those things and I get the same result. I think my inverter is bad :( I think I might have to get another one. I saw another GTI video where some guys smashed theirs with hammers... I might have to give that a try if I don't get any unique suggestions on here.
dalamar437 1 year ago