02-13-2016, 08:03 AM
Karen and Adrian:
I'm not sure what you mean by "an inverter that would work with a solar panel array".......all the inverter does, as you know, is invert 12 V to 110 VAC. The solar panels convert sunlight into 12 v which is stored in your house batteries. Any inverter will work with a solar array. I have a Heart Interface 2000 watt inverter (installed after market by first owner), and there is no conflict with my solar array. The power comes into the batteries from one side, and goes out the other side into the inverter. Mine is not pure sine as Michael recommends, but after a few hundred hours of usage it has not damaged any of my electronics. Admittedly my 1982 Newell is very low tech and there is not much to harm except for the TV's, and my laptop, which have done fine. In my particular situation my Heart Inverter is just an inverter......I have a separate converter/charger (Progressive Dynamics), which I prefer. If you have the all in one (charger/converter/inverter) and one component goes bad you basically have to replace the entire unit.....quite expensive. That's how mine was wired, and I have left it that way. There may come a time when I switch over to the 'all in one', but everything works well the way it is right now.
All that being said, it may be that the inverter portion of your Heart Interface has ceased working, which is what you are apparently surmising.
I'm not sure what you mean by "an inverter that would work with a solar panel array".......all the inverter does, as you know, is invert 12 V to 110 VAC. The solar panels convert sunlight into 12 v which is stored in your house batteries. Any inverter will work with a solar array. I have a Heart Interface 2000 watt inverter (installed after market by first owner), and there is no conflict with my solar array. The power comes into the batteries from one side, and goes out the other side into the inverter. Mine is not pure sine as Michael recommends, but after a few hundred hours of usage it has not damaged any of my electronics. Admittedly my 1982 Newell is very low tech and there is not much to harm except for the TV's, and my laptop, which have done fine. In my particular situation my Heart Inverter is just an inverter......I have a separate converter/charger (Progressive Dynamics), which I prefer. If you have the all in one (charger/converter/inverter) and one component goes bad you basically have to replace the entire unit.....quite expensive. That's how mine was wired, and I have left it that way. There may come a time when I switch over to the 'all in one', but everything works well the way it is right now.
All that being said, it may be that the inverter portion of your Heart Interface has ceased working, which is what you are apparently surmising.
Clarke and Elaine Hockwald
1982 Newell Classic, 36', 6V92 TA
2001 VW Beetle Turbo
Cannondale Tandem
Cannondale Bad Boy
Haibike SDURO MTB
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