Ecostar Inverter

[Kenny]

Anyone ever used an Ecostar inverter. An outfit on Ebay has them listed at a very cheap price. Claim they are pure sine wave at 4.5KW - 24volt input.

Kenny

[tekebird]

I've never heard of them.

I'd shy away from anything that was purpose built for vehicles or boats ( or aircraft if you can afford that type)

[Len Silva]

The ecostar is made by Ballard Power Systems, a well regarded company in the cogeneration, back up power and fuel cell industry.

Len

[Len Silva]

I take it back.... Ballard makes the ecostar inverter for very high power applications but the EcoStar is apparently some one else..,.no opinion on that.

Len

[47FLXclipper]

Ecostar inverters are good, aimed initially for fixed [home] solar applications, but anywhere 24V is used, and are pure sine wave ... that starting price is about 50% of retail

Bill

[lesrMC9]

Ecostar Inverter web site has an excellent Q&A!
near the bottom is some very informative info

http://www.hudsonenergyfabrication.com/frequently_asked_questions.html