I have the Xantrex 1000 purchased from Costco about 2 years ago. It does
spark when off while connecting up and it too made me wonder if it has draw.

After having it connected to my 2nd battery for over 2 years now and parked
for weeks at a time I would agree that it does only an initial charge when
first connecting, and then zero draw on the batt while off.

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Potts" <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: 110v wiring question...

> Hi Dennis,
>
> The specs on the Xantrex 1000W inverter mention that it pulls 0.3A
> when switched on with no load, but I would expect that to only apply
> when the unit is switched on.  I installed mine yesterday, and will
> be field-testing it with the trip to EveryBus in three weeks.
>
> Tomorrow I will put an ammeter inline with the unit and see if
> there's any draw when it's off.
>
>
> http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/23/p/69/pt/8/product.asp
>
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
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> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
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>
>
> On 24-Mar-06, at 8:59 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>
> > How do you know it is drawing any current? If you are going by that
> > spark when it is first connected, that is just a small surge from
> > charging the input filters.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Geza Polony
> > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:39 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: 110v wiring question...
> >
> > Shawn,
> >
> > I intalled a 1,000 watt inverter in my Vanagon a few months ago and am
> > now
> > discovering that it places a small load on the aux. battery even when
> > "off"
> > and not in use. Don't know why this is or if the inverter is
> > defective,
> > but
> > it's something to be aware of if you're not already. Also, having done
> > it
> > now,  my feeling is that 1KW is WAY more capacity than you need. I had
> > visions of the wife using a hairdryer, ha ha...
> >
> > Geza
> >
> >