Renogy 1000W Pure Sine Wave Inverter 12V DC to 120V AC Converter for Home, RV, Truck, Off-Grid Solar Power Inverter 12V to 110V with Built-in 5V/2.1A USB Port, AC Hardwire Port, Remote Controller

I bought this 1000W on a promo mainly to run my chest freezer (149W) and fridge during an extended power outage. This model is great for that and barely dropped the power in my 100Ah LiFePO4 for about 8 hours. Already have three 50W hobby solar panels so in theory could extend for days. This model does not have enough power for a microwave (mine is 1300W) but I was aware of that when I purchased. Recommend you use a Kill A Watt device to determine before you place order. Cables are heavy duty and fan never came on during this minimal load. Love the fact it's pure sine wave, I can move it to friends house/camping with battery or run /charge off of car as well! Way cheaper and lighter than those solar generators if you already have some of the components

Works exactly as advertised, very happy with the purchase.

I was really excited to get this inverter and get it running in my camper. I especially liked the remote control because the inverter was to go inside a difficult to access location which was perfect for the inverter. The remote on/off switch would make it easy to manage the inverter once it was up and running. The pure sine wave feature is also nice. Normally I would have tested the inverter prior to installing it, however it appeared to be well designed with robust features such as the threaded and locked lugs for hooking up the 12 volt cables. I also liked the extra 120v output connection for a permanent AC wire, which is what I was planning. I was a little bit put off by the 3 foot long 12v cables because I don't need that much length, but I figured that if the inverter performed as expected, I would eventually shorten the cables to improve on voltage drop. After several hours of running AC wiring and setting up the space where the inverter would sit in the trailer, I hooked up the inverter to the battery and then switched it on. The fans started up, the green light was on, then a beep, then the red light came on and it shut down. I shut if off and tried a few more times with the same result. The Owners Manual troubleshooting stated that if this happened, the first thing is to make sure the incoming voltage was no higher than 16.5 volts and no lower than 10 volts. I measured the battery terminals and got 13.3 volts. Even with the three foot 4.0 gauge cables, 13.3 volts at the battery are nicely within the acceptable range. Next, troubleshooting said that inverter could be overheating. Since I just turned it on, and there was no load on it, that's not the problem. Check to see if the operating load is excessive on the output side. I had nothing hooked up to it, so that's not the problem. One last possibility: "The inverter is short circuited". Now that's intriguing. Troubleshooting specifies to disconnect the inverter and turn off the switch to reset. I did that several times and the same thing only happened; it would come on and then sound the alarm and the red light and then shut down. If only shutting off something and then restarting it would fix an internal short. I then removed the inverter from the trailer and tested it using a 12V battery on the bench, with no AC wiring connected to it. Same thing. Clearly this is a faulty unit. I'm shipping it back to Amazon. Lesson learned. Given that others have received bricked units from the get go, I should have benched tested this inverter before setting everything up and then finding out the inverter is non-functioning. In the long run however, I don't look at the time spent so far as lost because most of the work was in the AC wiring for the trailer, and that can be used no matter which inverter I finally install.

I have this set up to run some essential equipment, I have 200AH 12V LiFePo battery, charge controller and this in my setup - Absolutely rock solid - I put a scope on it - and it really is a pure sine wave - To be clear I am no where near the upper limit for this unit - I barely hit 100W at peak - so I can not speak to how this unit behaves under heavy load - BUT - I intentionally bought an over sized unit for this application so I would not have to push the limits and keep the unit as stable, cool, and reliable as possible - If possible it is better to make sure your supplies are markedly larger than your expected load.....

Kept it in the box in a bedroom closet, untouched (but past the warranty period). Got it out and it started not working within a few days. Consistently shuts off, even just trying to power 150watts. Called and emailed Renogy and explained that it's defective, probably with a poor connection. They tried to suggest I had broken it by improper storage and said there was nothing they could do for me. I have a lot of money into Renogy products (batteries, charge controllers, solar panels etc) and this is the first time I contacted them with an issue. Not impressed. I will be spending my money elsewhere and I suggest others do, as well (especially when you read how many of their products go down). EDIT: Just received a call back from a supervisor. He stated the issue was that I did not use the item soon enough. When I requested they give me store credit to buy another inverter with them, he asked why they would do that. Genuinely terrible customer service. Will never buy from them again.