The Enerdrive ePOWER 2000W 12V Pure Sine Wave state of the art, easy to use inverter will offer you reliable service for providing AC power for your home, boat, 4WD, truck or Caravan.
The ePOWER 2000W Inverter incorporates a 16A AC Transfer Switch which allows for seamless AC power transfer between Mains/Generator and Inverter. This helps to keep your appliances running with almost no break time on AC transfer and allows for a much simpler installation on-board. This inverter is built to operate basic equipment such as power tools, computers, microwave ovens, televisions and other appliances that use up to 2000W of power for operation.
Features
New PS Mode
ePOWER Enerdrive Inverters with AC Transfer Switch now include the new PS6 mode.
AC Transfer Cable Now Included as Standard
Now included with all AC Transfer Switch. Inverters is a 4 metre AC lead with molded Male/Female IEC Plugs fitted. This allows the installer to cut the lead and hardwire the IEC plugs directly. This will speed up installation time and eliminate any connection issues within the plug.
Specifications: | – |
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SKU | EN1120S-X |
GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) | 9342616000298 |
Brands | Enerdrive |
Product Category | Power Inverters |
Wattage | 2000W |
Manufacturers Warranty | 5 Years |
Output Voltage and Frequency | 230 Vac / 50 Hz |
Input Voltage | 12.5 VDC |
Operating Temperature Range | 0°C to 40°C |
Humidity | 5-90% noncondensing |
AC Output | 2000W, 8.7A |
Output wave form | True Sinewave≤ |
No Load Battery Draw | < 1.2 ADC |
Under Voltage Alarm | 11.0 / 12.1 VDC |
Under Voltage Alarm Recovery | 11.3 / 12.3 VDC |
Under Voltage Shutdown | 10.5 / 11.8 VDC |
Under Voltage Shutdown Recovery | 12.0 / 12.6 VDC |
Over Voltage Shutdown | 15.5 VDC |
USB Socket Output | 5V, 750 mA |
Storage Range (temp) | -20°C to 60°C |
Operating Altitude | Up to 3000 meters above sea level |
Product Dimensions (mm) LxWxH | 230 x 435 x 115 mm |
Net Weight (kg) | 5.9 Kg |
Enerdrive Inverters (Transfer Models) – Part 1 – Application
Enerdrive Inverters (Transfer Models) – Part 2 – Specifications
Enerdrive Inverters (Transfer Models) – Part 3 – How to Install
Enerdrive Inverters (Transfer Models) – Part 4 – How to Program Settings
Enerdrive Inverters (Transfer Models) – Part 5 – How to Operate
Enerdrive Inverters (Transfer Models) – Part 6 – Fault Finding
Indepth Review of the Enerdrive 2000W 12V to 240V Inverter with RCD & AC Transfer Switch
Enerdrive 2000W Inverter with AC Transfer Switch Product Features
Lithium Ferrophosphate (LFP) is a flame retardant, stable, safe and proven cell chemistry that has a very good energy density around 325 Wh/L. This cell chemistry can be engineered for various applications by adjusting the ratio of elements to provide high performance characteristics. E.g. the DCS marine battery range runs 2C cells, which means our little 75Ah battery will discharge comfortably at 75Ah x 2C = 150A. The DCS 80Ah Extreme runs 10C cells which means the 80A can comfortably discharge at 80Ah x 10C = 800A but is of course limited to lower currents due the the Battery Management System.
LFP also has very good cycling durability between 2,000 ~ 12,000 cycles can be achieved depending on how well the cells are managed, and the lowest rate of capacity loss (aka greater calendar-life) compared to other lithium cell chemistries.
Battery cells are simply a bunch of resistors with the ability to store energy. A 100Ah battery pack has a different resistance characteristic compared to a 50Ah battery pack, that theoretical difference in resistance is 2:1. So if you connect a 100Ah battery in parallel to a 50Ah battery there is no way for these two batteries to equalise and therefore you can’t charge them correctly. So for example connecting a 60Ah calcium starting battery to a 120Ah AGM via a VSR (Voltage Sensing Relay) you cannot charge both batteries correctly and from that day onwards you are prematurely destroying both battery packs. Same theory applies with lithium’s it’s still a battery pack.
What’s the solution? A DC-DC charger, you now have a permanent point of isolation (meaning that both batteries are never connected to each other in parallel). The DC-DC charger takes the surplus power from battery A (engine) and chargers battery B (aux/house). This device now allows any battery capacity and or chemistry to be used.
Yes you can, but lithium’s have a different voltage curve, so you would still need to use a programmable VSR to dial them in correctly. However these devices draw a lot of power when engaged to so it’s best to run the two batteries in parallel and run a load disconnect instead of a VSR.
Lithium battery cells have a super low resistance so are very easy to charge and very efficient. This level of efficiency means you can charge them at very high C rates. For example if you look at the charge rate of a 100Ah AGM battery the recommended charging current will be around 25A, which is a 0.25C charge rate. If you consider the DCS 12V 100Ah Lithium battery it can be charged at up to 70A which is a 0.70C charge rate. This means you no longer need to consider DC-DC chargers as you can connect our batteries directly to high power charging devices such as suitable alternators, or large buck boosters. For example our popular dual 90Ah battery system for boats and 4WD vehicles, can be connected to alternators up to 160A.
Because our batteries are internally voltage regulated and because our BMS has such a high sustainable peak discharge current they will do an amazing job of equalising very quickly.
The BMS will open circuit the battery terminals to protect the cells. This means there is no longer any resistance in the system. The BMS needs a 12V signal with at least 1A of current to release and wakeup from a cell protection state. Most mains chargers with a lithium profile will do a slow recovery charge as will most solar regulators. Some chargers in the market today that are advertised as ‘lithium’ compatible still don’t have the firmware to do a slow recovery charge to release BMS’s. If you have a charger that will not wakeup the BMS, easiest way to wake it up is to connect a unregulated solar panel directly to the battery terminals, ensure all loads are disconnected before you do this. Having said that every system should have a suitable low cut off voltage to shutdown loads/accessories so that the batteries are not fully drained.
Use the following settings:
Charged voltage 14.0V
Tail current 4%
Charged detection time 1min
Peukert 1.05
Charge efficiency 98%
Current threshold 0.1A
C rates: refer to the battery pack capacity
Fully charge to 100% isolate everything from the terminals and leave for max 3 months and then cycle (fully discharge and fully charge) and leave again for 3 months etc…. Minimum 4 cycles per year to not effect the cells capacity.