Lvyuan vs Generic Inverters: The Ultimate Showdown

[@andrievbastichy8551]

dang 3 years too late.. and like 200 videos in a search..lmao. thanks bro for this video!

[@sun-sea-solar]

No worries. Hope it helps

[@plan9channel7]

Thanks for this review. I was about to get the Smart Power Inverter for my van, £89 quid off ebay. I was after a 1500w just to boil a kettle. When I saw this one I thought that I could add a single portable induction hob. Well....your test has proven that it won't work. Cheers again.

[@Ralphs-House]

Interesting test but a single battery also introduces limitations. Perhaps try it with three hooked together. Seems a lot of power to demand of one battery.

[@sun-sea-solar]

Basically drained the battery. I ended up doing the same test hooked up to my battery in the van. The result was the same. The black inverter performed the best

[@phillupson8561]

You'll need more than one battery attached for the loads attached, sounds like thicker cables as well if they started smoking. The sockets on them are usually wired for lower outputs and the lugs are better for higher loads, the watt meter will also be designed to operate up to 13A 230Vish so it'll get a bit upset at being asked to measure a kettle and high powered hairdryer. You might also damage the socket and wiring behind it on the inverter when attaching that much load through a single socket outlet.

[@sun-sea-solar]

Thanks for all the info. It all helps for a better test next time

[@ChazzCoombes]

Good test. But one thing you did'nt mention is that one the case they say 3000w but that would be peak power for a short time and there continuous rate would be 1500w. I have a 4000w Pure sine wave inverter but its peak rate is 4000w while is continuous rate is 2000w but they always put the peak rate on the case.

[@billybob-392]

exactly right Chazz , i was about to write the same reply , and then saw you had already done it ... so essentially all his inverters are producing the amount of power that they should ...

[@sun-sea-solar]

Although the new lvyuan I bought advertised at 3500 Watts at least got a little bit closer to the maximum.

[@barryevans690]

​@@billybob-392 this is exactly what I'm about to say so these are good inverters, if you want a 3000w inverter buy a 6000w

[@barryevans690]

Exactly what I was going to say

[@sun-sea-solar]

@barryevans690 lycuan are actually a reliable brand for the price

[@barlow2976]

I bought a Yinleader 1500w?3000w inverter recently and the Amazon ad made it clear what the inverter was capable of. If you saw 3000w and thought that was what it could produce, fool you. If you're not an electrician you need to do some research, learn more about what your requirements are. I didn't think there was any false advertising, even the 1500w output stated it was only possible with increased input.

[@sun-sea-solar]

Even if the large number was the surge or peak it's still not going to hit anywhere near that. Considering I've built a successful 48v 20kwh off-grid system. Calling me a fool is a bit strong. Yes it false advertising. If he doesn't even hit the minimum output then it's false advertising plan and simple. They all do it.

[@donnajohnson9324]

Mine keeps beeping, I have gone over everything but can't find the problem 😕

[@sun-sea-solar]

Depending on how many battery you are running and what is the load

[@anaspatel3625]

Good test thank you I got the 1000W model from Amazon a few days a go only running a small 110W load but yes it warms up more than I would like and it spews out a fair amount of 50Hz hash wiping out local AM stations completely within a 20M radius. The positives is these are very light and easy to transport the negative for me is it spews out way too much hash to meaningfully pass any EMC regs and my old LG TV used as a PC screen buzzes a bit not sure if its a bad earth or PWM sinewave so I'm sticking to my Victron Phoenix 12V 375W boy its heavy but behaves like plugging directly into the wall. I can feel a sharp tingle when running the TV on the side of the inverter but not on the top of the metal casing so I wouldn't trust these personally.

[@sun-sea-solar]

I've seen a few reviews when they have taken these apart. Some of the components and the soldering is very poor. Probably where the poor earth's come from.

[@altruthsayer5216]

That battery isn't meant to discharge at more than 100amps and you did more than double that it seems. Also isn't it meant to have overcurrent protection as it didn't seem to kick in.

[@sun-sea-solar]

The inverter just tripped. It wasn't the advertised wattage

[@altruthsayer5216]

@@sun-sea-solar 100amps is 1200watts or so so you did double....I thought the battery would disconnect if it is discharging too much as might be a fire risk I suppose otherwise.

[@altruthsayer5216]

Anyway, basically you are meant to have 2 of those batteries connected in parallel to draw 2300 watts and that is also at the limit.

[@sun-sea-solar]

It's been a learning experience for me thanks for the information

[@sharukhmatekuki5830]

Nice 👍🏻👍🏻 🇮🇳 Kuki 30|05|2022

[@gavin258]

Have you run a microwave on any of these, it's a good way of seeing how clean the sine wave is, microwave run like 💩 on modified sine wave.

[@sun-sea-solar]

Not yet. I'll have to look

[@nazirkhan5503]

Thanks again

[@DouglasNewson]

Good test

[@sun-sea-solar]

Was surprised on the winner

[@marktan3668]

Cannot understand a bit what your trying to prove

[@sun-sea-solar]

Just showing cheap Chinese inverters are not always bad.

[@marktan3668]

@@sun-sea-solar electrical devices made in China are good. They share designs with the world. My solar system is 90% Chinese, every time I try to upgrade something, it’s made in China. Kind of dependent on them.

[@s.tsuleiman2503]

Can you please send me this 4000w the one your dad gave you....🎉

[@leeinwis]

No, it's dangerous

[@HA05GER]

I ordered a 4kw one do 200w 🤣 I got.a full refund and kept it so not end of world but very annoying. As soon as it turned was so obvious by its size.

[@sun-sea-solar]

That all work perfectly well, and have proven very reliable. But I'm getting a bit pissed off companies like amazon, ebay, Wish, Ali Express just allow blatant lying. Not that they give a shit about their customers 🤣🤣

[@HA05GER]

@@sun-sea-solar yeh it's a joke It happens with so many different things like as you mentioned your battery was falsely advertised. These sites should really do something about it .

[@barlow2976]

@@sun-sea-solar You need to read a little more carefully, there's no lying, they warn you of limitations. Learn about inverters before you buy.