Mecer 2400VA Inverter (Community Support)

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the packaging said do a full 24h (got around 12pm today)

it is now on 75%

i have loadshedding at 20h00 today for 2.5 hours

do i use it or not?
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milomak said:
the packaging said do a full 24h (got around 12pm today)

it is now on 75%

i have loadshedding at 20h00 today for 2.5 hours

do i use it or not?
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You've put it on 20A right? It will probably be at 100% by then.... And you can't do a 24hr charge now regardless so ya I'd use it. What are you gonna run on it?
 
milomak said:
the wife got this earlier from work

it is showing 25%

we are due for load shedding at 20h00

it says charge for 24 hours before use

what do i do? :laugh:
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Lead acid so not be that low? Esp when bought new (Store at low level kills em)

Hope its lith ion cause that gets stored at 30% so 25 means its old but still ok.
 
I have no idea about 20A

It'll be 2 routers and about 3 PC's with dual screens
 
milomak said:
I have no idea about 20A

It'll be 2 routers and about 3 PC's with dual screens
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You have to ask yourself this question.
Do you really need 3 computers running during load shedding?

Don't you want to rather just keep your wifi router, 1 pc, some LED lighting going during load shedding and keep your battery/batteries sitting healthy hardly dropping any voltage at all? That's what I do and therefore have been enjoying many many years out of my lead-acid batteries.
 
Papa Smurf said:
You have to ask yourself this question.
Do you really need 3 computers running during load shedding?

Don't you want to rather just keep your wifi router, 1 pc, some LED lighting going during load shedding and keep your battery/batteries sitting healthy hardly dropping any voltage at all? That's what I do and therefore have been enjoying many many years out of my lead-acid batteries.
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i am working backwards. my wife's work has gotten us here

i now need to know what i am working with

ideally this is not my solution
 
milomak said:
i am working backwards. my wife's work has gotten us here

i now need to know what i am working with

ideally this is not my solution
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aaaah okay, I never read the previous posts.
I assumed you and the family were all wanting to enjoy DSTV, Showmax, YouTube, Netflix, etc all at once oblivious to the load shedding :thumbsup:
 
AlphaJohn said:
It is mine...
Whole area is in darkness right now, yet my wife is watching TV and I am yapping on MyBB with music in my ear and we have lights. ;)
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Seems the load shedding schedule has changed.
 
Lupus said:
Seems the load shedding schedule has changed.
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I dont think Eskom even knows the F they are doing... my schedule started an hour late....

Edit: Looking at the other threads here it seems Im not the only one finding LS schedule going for a wack
 
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milomak said:
it's this bad boy

Mecer 1440 W/2400 VA Inverter Kit with Trolley | Inverters | Inverters | Inverters & Solar Panels | Electrical | Hardware & Auto | Makro Online Site

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Aaaaaaah it all make sense now. Now I know why you have no clue re batteries.
That price tells me its Lead acid batteries.

Maybe someone can help out if I am wrong but my understanding is that Lead Acid usually ships at 90% as they self discharge and can even drop as far as 60%. within 6 months. The fact that it was 25% is worrying as that means they where bellow 12V. (24V combined)

Personally I would not plug anything into trolley before its fully charged (100%).
 
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AlphaJohn said:
I dont think Eskom even knows the F they are doing... my schedule started an hour late....

Edit: Looking at the other threads here it seems Im not the only one finding LS schedule going for a wack
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Well now they are doing 2 hour schedules in Joburg, I wasn't supposed to be hit today, until the new schedule
 
Lol 2 hour cuts. We had a "power failure" which started at 11:15am. Our load shedding is meant to start at 8pm but they haven't fixed the power failure yet.

Maybe we will have power tomorrow sometime :notworthy:

Thank God for the inverter... Its helping us maintain some level of sanity
 
milomak said:
I have no idea about 20A

It'll be 2 routers and about 3 PC's with dual screens
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That's a lot of power... It won't last long on that...

We just run our internet, a few lamps and occasionally the TV for a bit if we want to spoil ourselves
 
milomak said:
the packaging said do a full 24h (got around 12pm today)

it is now on 75%

i have loadshedding at 20h00 today for 2.5 hours

do i use it or not?
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Use it, but keep an eye on battery level and switch off at 50%. Then give it a full charge when power comes back. Hopefully batteries are ok because 25% charge is very bad to be left at for any length of time.
 
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