PROwatt SW 1000 DC-to-AC Power Inverter

by Xantrex

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 10 x 6 inches ; 8.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002I04A74
• Item model number: 806-1210
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,242 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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Xantrex PROwatt SW 1000 DC-to-AC Power Inverter 806-1210 416

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars real 1000 watts. real sinewave. real nice inverter, April 21, 2010

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HMMWV "God, Country, Corps" (santa clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PROwatt SW 1000 DC-to-AC Power Inverter (Electronics)

Recently the price on inverters (esp true sine) has dropped quite a bit (there are two xantrex 1000 watt units - the older 750 buck one and now the $200-$300 price one). Xantrex has a wonderful reputation. I own this inverter along with their older model (pro-sine) and also the new entry from sunforce (yes - I have alot of 1000w inverters).

I also have alot of 1000w loads. In particular is my favorite testload - a 1050 w (with motor- the heating element is 1000w exactly but it has a blower that consumes 50w so technically its a tad high).

With this dummy load both of my xantrex inverters will run it all day or until the battery bank dies whichever comes first. They draw about 110-115 amps on the 12vdc lines.

The sunforce 1000w inverter CAN NOT run this load for more than 2 seconds without an output overload shutdown. But I still like the sunforce because it can handle 900W and it has an RF keychain remote on/off switch.

The point is Xantrex products are clean, reliable power, while other knockoffs (compare sunforce's 1K and this one and guess who coppied who) are not up to being a real 1K unit. If anyone wants a demo my email is in my profile - i'd be happy to film the two side by side on optima D31 blue top batteries and even give the sunforce the running head start with the fresh charge on the cells - 2 seconds and it will shutdown. Yes, i know 1050 watts is over 1000w, but the xantrex will drain the batteries before they complain of anything else runing the heatgun.

This is the leading brand in inverters today. Their new product line offers 3x the value of their older units without sacrificing quality or stability. It's a real value in high power inverters. Unfortunately, xantrex moved their mfg overseas and the quality suffered from more than one report. We no longer use this model, but for an apples to apples comparison against offshore mfg inverters, xantrex still has a better design to begin with = better product to ship back to the usa

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it., December 19, 2010

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Dark Wing Duck "Gravity Rules" (San Leandro) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PROwatt SW 1000 DC-to-AC Power Inverter (Electronics)

I'm not running much off this device and the thing that strikes me is that the cooling fan only turns on when a certain temperature is reached. So for small loads, it's very quiet because the fan has no need to turn on. Previous experiences with inverter default to the fan being on and they are often very noisy.

The sine wave seems to be clean. After trying this, I'll never go back to modified sine waves for devices remotely designed to work with sine waves. Otherwise, I'll just go with the cheap square wave inverters.

I plan on buying another unit in the future.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A-1 Product, December 15, 2009

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D. Burns (South-central Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PROwatt SW 1000 DC-to-AC Power Inverter (Electronics)

Shipping was confusing, Web site tracking said item was out-of-stock for two weeks. I checked back the next day and it had already been shipped. Got it in about 3-4 days after that. Packaged securely, and received product as described. This inverter is more difficult to install than most. You have to hard-wire it to the battery with 1/0 Cables and a 90 amp Mega-fuse!!! Luckly I have an account with a electrical supply store, because they were the only place i could find the cables and fuse. Took me a couple hours to fish cables through the firewall, but this is one powerful inverter. Worth the installation time!