Here's a couple pics of my install of the Xantrex 1000w unit.
They had them on sale at Costco about 2 yrs back for $69
It has been very reliable.
It will run a 9.6 amp sawsall and even a 500w window AC unit for brief
periods.
I installed several 110vt outlet plugs in my van, with a toggle between
shore power or inverter power for the plugs.
Very happy with Xantrex!
Thanks to you boys up there in Canada!

Make us a quality gas heater to revel Espar!

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Potts" <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Canadian Tire "Xantrex" 1000w Inverter 1/2 price

> Hi Shawn,
>
> I have the  Mastercraft "digital" 400W inverter, and have used it for
> 2 seasons. It only supports a 160W continuous load; just barely
> enough for a 13" Walmart TV and an Xbox. Even a 10W light-bulb over
> that will overload it.
>
> Last week I bought the Xantrex 1000W inverter... The specs say it
> will support a sustained 1000W load, and 1200W is possible for up to
> 5 minutes.  I don't plan to ever pull 1000W, but it will be nice to
> have a wee bit of overhead available if I need to recharge my laptop
> while we're on the road.
>
> The thing is also a LOT bigger than my 400W inverter... It's about
> 12" x 6" x 3" and weighs in at about 5 lbs.
>
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
> 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> http://www.busesofthecorn.com
>
>
> On 27-Feb-06, at 10:53 PM, Shawn Wright wrote:
>
> > I got the 300W model for $25 last year, and it's very nice. I used
> > it this morning to grind my
> > coffee, as we had a nasty windstorm last night and the power was
> > out. I wanted to know if it
> > would run a coffee grinder... now I know. I can't imagine needing
> > 1000W in a vanagon
> > though!
> > We've also used it to watch movies on my laptop + 17" LCD &
> > speakers during another
> > power outage at home - works great, although the fan is a bit noisy
> > on high speed.
> >
> > On 26 Feb 2006 at 22:38, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/837/docserve.asp
> >>
> >> Note that they want a #2 battery cable, not longer than 5 feet
> >> long to
> >> support this thing. At a 120 amp draw you need to be real careful
> >> operating it with the engine running. The alternator will not like
> >> this
> >> load. If using the Optima battery, you probably should have 4.
> >>
> >> Dennis
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of Tom Rowsell
> >> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:38 PM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Canadian Tire "Xantrex" 1000w Inverter 1/2 price
> >>
> >> On this week for $74.99 Canadian,
> >> see
> >> http://www.canadiantire.ca/assortments/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%
> >> 3C%3Ep
> >> rd_id=845524443281869&FOLDER%3C%
> >> 3EbrowsePath=2534374303517494&FOLDER%3C%
> >> 3EbrowsePath=2534374303517530&FOLDER%3C%
> >> 3EbrowsePath=1408474396670122&FO
> >> LDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474396670122&ASSORTMENT%3C%
> >> 3East_id=140847439667
> >> 0271&bmUID=1140481244755
> >> Manufacturer site http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/23/p/1/pt/7/
> >> product.asp
> >>
> >> Tom
> >> http://tomrowsell.com
> >>
> >
> >
> > Shawn Wright
> > http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
> > '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
> > '82 Diesel Westy 1.6NA
> > '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA
> >
> >