A 15 amp house wall outlet can deliver 1800 watts. I need an inverter that can run any tool I can plug into the wall. I bought this to do that. It can't. I've owned lots of inverters. I usually return 3 for every one I keep. They are almost all overrated. My 20 year old 1500 Watt inverter finally failed, so I bought this one to replace it. I use it to run power tools off my diesel truck battery at the job site when there is no power. I don't need to power a whole house, just one tool at a time. It easily ran my worm drive skill saw, table saw, drill and 3.5 cu ft / sec air compressor. It would NOT run my small wire feed welder or large hammer drill. I measured the no load draw at 1.75 amps (21 watts) which seems a little high. I returned it and just ordered a 4000 Watt from the same company. Hopefully that will do what I want.

The media could not be loaded. I really like the design.real pure sine wave work pretty good.im injoy it every day

First the good. Outputs at rated capacity with no problems. Fans move a lot of air to keep inverter cool. I had no problem mounting it sideways to read display after seeing how much air the cooling fans move. Display is readable at a distance and gives valuable information.

The bad. I bought this because it was FCC approved to be within standards of emission of RFI. For Ham Radio Operators, this is a very NOISY inverter that will give you over S 9 noise floor.

(See update below Jan 10, 2023 and new update Oct 10, 2023)

I would still purchase this inverter without any hesitation. It has worked absolutely faultlessly over the last almost 1 year. It can start my refrigerator AND water pump simultaneously without a single problem because of the soft start circuitry.

This occurs at least every 2 weeks because of roaming blackouts.....in 3rd world electrical grinds like in the USA and other countries. I use this unit only to to support my refrigerator/freeze and water pump. I have a second battery backup system for other stuff.

My system has automatic backup (AC to DC) with Xantrex single circuit automatic transfer switch, available here on Amazon and LVD (low voltage disconnect) with Blue Seas m-LVD.

Cons: 1. I am disappointed in the battery cables supplied................They are aluminum with copper coating..................I purchased 100% pure copper tinned Marine Grade cables to replace those with the unit. 2. The remote switch is a pain to install in a panel...........cutting a rectangle...............I just don't understand why the manufacturers don't design a device with a 54mm hole saw cut out???

Is that simply to torture the DIY person like me, who buy their products.....ha, ha, ha ..........a joke?

CB

The Giandel 2000w pure sine wave inverter started and ran our 10-year-old (old technology"¦no inverter compressor"¦Whirlpool, LG, Samsung, Haier) 26 cu ft side-by-side refrigerator/freezer on first start up for 8 hours without a hiccup"¦. thanks to the soft start circuitry in the Giandel inverter.

If you search the reviews and customer Q & A sections you will find many 2000w pure sine wave inverters WILL NOT start a Full-Sized refrigerator despite reporting a "Peak Power Rating of 4000 watts, including the Renogy 2000 w pure sine wave inverter, the best-selling inverter on Amazon. Other brands may run a mini-frig, RV sized refrigerator or off-grid designed refrigerators but few document typical on grid based full sized refrigerator/freezers operation.

I bought this inverter for running our refrigerator/freezer/washer-dryer/etc. in the event of a power grid failure. Several of our devices have an extremely high peak starting power requirement and this unit serves the purpose, with its soft start technology without having to purchase a 4000-6000watt pure sine wave inverter. To my knowledge Renogy does not have Soft Start circuitry in their inverters.

(Update Jan 10, 2023)

We have had multiple problems with the grid. Since the above review we have had 3 prolonged periods of no grid...6, 7 and 8.5 hours. The inverter has performed flawlessly on each occasion powering our full size old technology 26 cu ft side by side freezer/re-frig. with multiple startups, defrost cycles, etc. The fans never turned on and the device was only mildly warm to the touch. Never an alert and always the voltage remained 120-123 volt and 60 Hz.

Suggestion to Giandel:

1. Get rid of the triangle security screws"¦. In order to change the in-board fuses, if needed, you will need a TA30 driver bit (for example Amazon ASIN: B0BBP1X4W8)
2. Allow the ability to have customer set the Low Voltage Battery Disconnect point. I believe the current unchangeable default in 9.6 volts which is way too low for my system.
3. Provide red and black silicon inverter terminal cap covers to reduce the risk of metal objects coming in contact with the terminals
4. Provide at least 3-foot length inverter cables. The cables that came with the unit are at least 1 foot to short for my installation.

Ordered the unit as a power source for home critical items in case of power failure (furance, etc). Nice unit, nice display, appears to be solidly built. All looks good and for the price seems like a good value. After setting it up in my home and wiring the ground post to a true "earth ground" as is recommended.... the grounded outlets show an open ground. Seems like this is very common with inverters and most are used on the go (not in a house) so a true "earth ground" isn't likely possible or convenient. So, this might be an edge case. There are workarounds for other inverters it appears and I have reached out to Giandel support via email and will see what I get back. If you need to connect a 120VAC device that requires a ground to be present..... do some research and have a plan before buying. The instruction manual with this inverter talks about it but no solution provided. Hoping support has something for me.