Mecer Inverter + 160ah 12v battery

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Item: Mecer 700w 1200va
Age: 3 weeks
Warranty: Should be, bought on bidorbuy
Packaging: Complete
Condition: Excellent
Location: CT, SS
Reason: have a ups setup
Shipping: Sure
Collection: Sure
Price: R1350 combo

Item: FBinternational 160ah deep cycle battery
Age: unknown
Warranty: Nope
Packaging: None
Condition: Works
Location: CT, SS
Reason: have a ups setup
Shipping: Too damn heavy
Collection: Sure
Price: combo price

+-150w power usage should last you more then 3 hours. I tested it on my 32" LCD, modem and media player.
Battery is not at it's best, so it needs to be re conditioned.

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how long does the inverter take to charge the battery to full charge after the 3 hours?
 
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ag initially not a lot of stuff. the missus says we don't need anything. I have no faith in eishkom. but the battery recon is a bit of a concern. need to do some calcs online.
 
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KOPITE said:
Not sure man, but I think about 6-12 hours.

Could be more
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It'll take about 2.5 days to recharge from 40%

I speak from experience, that was with a 100Ah battery too, so could be longer
 
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Shard said:
It'll take about 2.5 days to recharge from 40%

I speak from experience, that was with a 100Ah battery too, so could be longer
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Do you have a similar setup. What inverter do you have and did you connect it yo with a 100ah battery.
Did you charge with 10amp or 20amp. The inverters that I have, got both options.
 
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the inverter isnt shown in the pics is it? the RCT on the left you aren't selling with this battery?
 
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KOPITE said:
Do you have a similar setup. What inverter do you have and did you connect it yo with a 100ah battery.
Did you charge with 10amp or 20amp. The inverters that I have, got both options.
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I just got a RCT 650 KVa UPS and took out the 7Ah battery and connected a 100Ah Strider Deep Cycle battery. From 100% that runs a TV (46") and DSTV for 6 hours before battery hits 40% and the ideal recharge state.

recharge took me 2.5 days, so that the RCT UPS's 1000 KVa and under have a 1 amp charger - so its super slow, checked with a multi-meter and wasn't even a full 1 amp, more like 0.7. 10 or 20 amp would be alot faster.
 
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Shard said:
I just got a RCT 650 KVa UPS and took out the 7Ah battery and connected a 100Ah Strider Deep Cycle battery. From 100% that runs a TV (46") and DSTV for 6 hours before battery hits 40% and the ideal recharge state.

recharge took me 2.5 days, so that the RCT UPS's 1000 KVa and under have a 1 amp charger - so its super slow, checked with a multi-meter and wasn't even a full 1 amp, more like 0.7. 10 or 20 amp would be alot faster.
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That tv probably takes about 250w alone and with the dstv makes it about 280w-300w load.
Did you buy the battery brand new?
 
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akescpt said:
ag initially not a lot of stuff. the missus says we don't need anything. I have no faith in eishkom. but the battery recon is a bit of a concern. need to do some calcs online.
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The battery is not that bad and 150w of stuff should last you at least 3 hours.

Re conditioning the battery will probably cost about R200-R350 max. You will then have a nice setup for your needs.

You welcome to test it at your place if you interested.
 
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