AIMS Power 1000 Watt 12 VDC Pure Sine Inverter Charger 120 VAC Output 35A Charger 30A Transfer Switch PICOGLF10W12V120VR

Fantastic. I use this as an UPS for my sump pumps. I have two 10A (28A start-up) Zoeller pumps plugged into the AIMS. Two VMAX 155 AH AGM batteries. Been in service nearly 5 years and flawless performance. My pumps have a low duty cycle when it does rain (like 10 seconds run time every 10 minutes for 1 day), but they are dormant most of the time. When the power goes out and the sumps are not needed I will use the AIMS to run my refrigerator, freezer, on-demand water heater, and furnace blower. Supports everything perfectly. I might even double up my batteries. So overall this system is not heavily taxed and is idle 95% of the time, which is exactly what I expect it to do. AIMS customer service is amazing (talk to Angel) and they helped me troubleshoot some issues very quickly. If it died I would replace it immediately. I am thinking about building out a much larger AIMS-based system to provide UPS for the major systems in my house so I don't have to plug hop during a power outage. I'm an engineer and this was just so easy to get working (the inverter, 2 batteries, and some cables). As side note, once per year I run my batteries to near zero to test remaining capacity, and after 5 years the AGMs are still at full capacity (based on time at charge rate), so the AIMS is obviously tending to the batteries correctly. I can draw 1600 watts in a test case for 15 minutes before it starts alarming overload, but it still keeps putting out power. So this is a very robust system. Great, great product, and highly recommend.

I installed this awesome looking inverter into my truck with six 125 amp hour agm2 class 31 marine batteries. This inverter replaces a 5,000 watt modified sine wave Aims Power PWRINV500012W inverter. This new unit has a sophisticated, multi-mode battery charger for protecting my batteries from over charging. It also can turn my gas generator on when the battery power drops too low. The generator power in turn causes the inverter to go into charge mode. However, with only a two wire control, it cannot turn my three wire controlled generator off. This inverter is extremely heavy at over 70 pounds, and it is much heavier at one end than the other. I was surprised how hard it was to move around during installation, especially because I did not want to scratch or damage it, so I installed the inverter onto a huge base plate first and the bolted the entire assembly in place. I feed this monster with four 2/0 welding cables. Two positive and two negative. I also installed a Blue Sea 300 amp fuse directly onto the positive lug of the inverter. Compared to my old Aims inverter, this one seems to breathe much better, and stay much cooler, but there are far more holes for dust to enter as well. There are various fans and fan modes, and when they all light up this thing is not even close to quiet. Thankfully that only happens when big loads come online, like the refrigerators in my food truck. But there is always at least one fan blowing. It is never silent. As dusty as my truck is, I suppose I will have to blow this thing out with an air gun on occasion. The quality seems top notch and even the manual was well written. However, despite being a mechanical engineer, I still could not figure out how to get the unit to charge my batteries on my demand, rather than waiting for the batteries to drain to 10 or 10.5 volts, or how to pass the A/C shore power (generator power) through the unit to the A/C output in A/C priority mode. There are a lot of modes that this unit can run in. And all those tiny dip switches control a great deal of functions. You might want to maintain access to all those buttons and switches. However Aims Power handled my emails with ease. So I will of course modify this review as needed, now that I know how this unit is supposed to work. As for turning the unit on and off, I am disappointed that Aims chose to not manufacture a cheap, simple remote like my old $20.00 PWRIREMPWR. Instead Aims has a $130.00 led panel that has very poor reviews and a lack of functionality. 160607 UPDATE: This unit now runs, in one mode or another 24 hours a day, 4 days a week. My generator provides the AC current to this inverter to charge my huge battery pack for about two hours a day. That is all the charge time it takes to allow this inverter to provide AC current the rest of the day to power a full size fridge, various fans, a computer and even occasional use of a 15,000btu Frigidaire Window Air Conditioner Model: FFRE1533S1. But at 11 amps ac, the air conditioner draws over 100 amps dc, so running the air conditioner on battery power requires the generator to charge the batteries every 5 hours.

Let's begin with I am a retired electrical engineer and I purchased this unit in August of 2017 for use on a 5kw photovoltaic array in michigan. I will spare readers of the detail of owning this unit. However, stay away at all costs. Arguementive customer service refused to consider the unit was faulty and refused return. Too small of wiring for a.c. input eventually melted terminal strip, luckily found before fire. Internal wiring should have been 10 gauge for advertised wattages. Long story shortened, it's a toy and don't waste your time or money. After only less than a year I replaced with a magnum hybrid inverter...made in USA. Although almost twice as costly, it it superior as far as flexibility, reliability and most importantly, unlimited customer service. Get the remote and it's incredible. Spend the extra money and avoid a potential call to the fire department. It is my opinion that Amazon stop selling this brand manufactured overseas. If I could give it zero stars I would.

UPDATE: After calling and e-mailing AIMS for support on this and waiting a day for a response, I did some research on-line and came across a technical note by Xantrex from 1997. To summarize, it says don't share the incoming AC line hot or neutral on the same busses with the inverter output hot or neutral (but it is OK to share all ground lines on the same buss.) I had separated the hot line already but was sharing the neutrals in and out of the inverter on a common buss. I removed those to wires from the neutral buss and connected them together, leaving the inverter output neutral on the buss. Problem solved. I am revising my rating from one to four stars since the product is now doing what it is supposed to do and seems like a quality product. But I cannot give five stars to a product from a company that does not respond to customer support requests in a reasonable time (they still haven't returned my call or e-mail), nor a product with this glaring of an omission in their installation instructions. *********************** (Original Review) I've been looking at this AIMS 2000W inverter for a couple years now and finally decided to add it to my travel trailer. The features looked good. I read the downloaded manual a half dozen times and finally bought it. It installed as expected and powered up once I made the final connections to the battery. But upon plugging it in it immediately tripped the GFCI outlet it was plugged into. Tried it again multiple times and it trips immediately. Tried 3 other GFCI outlets and it tripped immediately on all of them. Tried a non-GFCI outlet and it did run. However, virtually every outside outlet is required by the NEC to be a GFCI outlet, and all of mine on the outside of the house or in the garage are GFCI. I would guess that the overwhelming majority of places I can plug into on a trip are also GFCI outlets. This unit is marketed for RV applications, and this is a typical RV application. It is useless if I can't plug in and recharge my battery with it. And it trips the incoming power so I can't plug in and use any 120V electricity. I really wanted to love this inverter as the specs and reviews seemed to be top notch and I thought I did my homework in selecting it. Nowhere in the marketing information do I see anything about this. There is one sentence buried on Page 13 of the manual that says plugging into a GFCI is not recommended as it may intermittently trip. With mine is is every time, instantly. Somewhere in the unit there has to be a return path to ground causing at least the 4-6 mA of current imbalance between the line and neutral wires to trip GFCI's. The only way I see around this is to use a 2 prong to 3 prong adapter, bypassing the ground completely, and neutralizing the GFCI's ability to trip. But this isn't electrically safe (which is why the electrical codes require GFCI outlets in outdoor applications, amongst other applications.) To be fair, it is the weekend and I haven't contacted AIMS yet; but until this is resolved this is a fairly expensive brick that will only invert 12V to 120V, draining the battery, while it denies the ability to use 120V shore power which is used to recharge the battery, among other uses. As another aside, I bought the $183 LCD remote. It functions, but does very little other than act as a remote switch. I would recommend the less expensive version that is just the on/off switch with indicator lights. The $150 saved will more than buy a DC shunt monitoring system that has far more information (virtually everything you want to monitor your battery: voltage, current, watts, current direction, amp-hrs remaining in battery, battery life at present usage rate, total KWH, etc.) And some of those monitors have apps that you can link to your phone. Very nice.

I have waited a while before submitting a review of this product. I live in a remote area in the mountains of Colorado. At 8700 feet, and 10 miles from the nearest hard road, power dependability is absolutely essential. In 1996 I purchased a TRACE modified sine wave inverter, which has functioned flawlessly right up through its retirement, in November of 2015. It was quite noisy in operation, with its 60 cycle buzz. It's modified sine wave did not interface well with computerized equipment. My new " intelligent" washing machine refused to operate with it. I purchased the AIMS full sine inverter, expecting that its lower output rating would be a challenge. The TRACE was rated a full 20% higher. The AIMS installation process was straightforward. I had a question during installation, and called customer service. I was pleasantly surprised that my call was answered by a living, knowledgeable, and polite human being. My question was answered quickly, and professionally. Two months have now passed. I have found no problems with it's operation. Except for the internal cooling fan, that cycles whenever a significant load is applied, the units operation is totally silent. I have operated the refrigerator, a small microwave, several electric lights, heating circulator fans, and the washing machine... All simultaneously. Although the inverter struggles with that much load, it carried it flawlessly. I have been impressed with its ability to charge my battery banks from my external generator, and operate all of the required electrical loads. This AIMS full sine inverter has delivered way beyond my expectations. Although it is difficult to know what the future will bring, if it's last 2 months of operation is any indication, it is a solidly built dependable electrical workhorse , that I welcome into my off grid system. At this time, I highly recommend it! 02-02-2018 UPDATE: It is now 2 years later. The AIMS inverter has operated flawlessly. My electronics seem to love the sine wave output. My power tools have plenty of power available to do whatever I have asked of them. My vintage all tube guitar amps don't seem to know the difference between AIMS power, at home, and grid power at the gigs. My single coil guitar pick-ups register less 60 cycle hum and interference than when I'm plugged into grid power. All in all, I am impressed...so far. As a side bar.... I notice that about half of the one star reviews are not verified purchasers....ALL of the five star reviews, I saw, were all verified.....JUST SAYING. I'll update again if my opinion changes. UPDATE: 8/3/2024 It's been a minute since I last updated the operation of this unit. It has operated flawlessly since it's installation. It is on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It operates all of my household loads. Almost 9 years of continuous operation... Way more service than I ever anticipated. It has certainly been a good investment, especially since its price has gone up almost 50%.

Last year, with no experience in this field, I purchased a Power Bright 3,500 watt modified sine inverter for my motorhome conversion from generator to battery bank with solar. The Power Bright was a good unit for the price but the output voltage varied with battery voltage all the way down to 88 volts. The Power Bright unit also didn't play well with my microwave. I came to the conclusion that I needed a pure sine inverter. I found that there are two types of pure sine inverters. The cheaper smaller ones are high frequency. The AIMS PICOGLF20W12V120VR is a low frequency inverter. Low frequency inverters have tremendous starting power. This unit is rated to hold 6,000 watts of starting power for 20 seconds. The high frequency inverters are usually only rated to hold twice their power for less than a second. This unit easily starts my rooftop air conditioner which takes about 4,500 watts to start but settles back to 1,200 watts in operation. The difference is that this unit is very heavy. It's heavy because it has a large copper wound transformer in it - you get what you pay for. Why was I willing to go from a 3,500 watt inverter to 2,000 watt? I learned that you can only draw so much current from a 12 volt system without generating tremendous heat. Under a constant 2,500 watt load, my heavy 2/0 welding cables and connectors would get very hot. I would say that it's impractical and perhaps dangerous to draw constant loads over 2,500 watts from a 12 volt battery system (Update: I used 2/0 welding cable throughout, marine quality bus bars and switches, and fused both sets of batteries (200 amp) as well as the inverter (300 amp). Also all of my 120 volt appliances are under 2,000 watts continuous. The microwave is 1,200 watts. Coffee maker and toaster about the same. My other issue was voltage. Whereas the modified sine inverter's output voltage declined with battery voltage, the Aims unit holds a nice 121 volts AC at 60 cps down to battery voltage cutout. Overall I believe this AIMS unit is an extremely well built, high quality unit. It has large connector posts for your 12 volt cables. The connectors for wiring 120 volt input and output are also high quality. The indicator lights on top of the unit are nice but for my application I purchased the REMOTELF remote display. There is also a little rheostat type dial on top which you can use to adjust how much of your 120 VAC input goes to charge and how much gets passed through (Update: This is a very important feature if you have a smaller generator My 2000 watt inverter generator (1,600) continuous will trip the breaker at the full 70amp charger draw. I can adjust this to load the generator at about 75% for a two hour charge). The transfer switch is very fast and doesn't drop loads when switching from house power to inverter or inverter to house power. The fan is quiet and only runs when there is a significant load or is charging at a high rate. The unit does draw substantial idle power. It does have a power saver mode but this works by cycling power into the system every second or so. Problem with this is that my refrigerator doesn't see the power when deciding to use electric or gas so goes to gas. My other problem with it is that my microwave seems to have some type of relay in it that clicks every time the power cycles. The power saver was impractical for me to use so I just turn the inverter on from the remote when I need 120 VAC. This unit has 1 more dip switch than shown in the manual. Also has a couple of green wires hanging out the back that look like they could be connected together or to external wires. I had no idea what they were for except some type of ground. I called AIMS and there customer service was very responsive. They told me that I should connect them for a motor home application but I still don't understand why. (Update: I've since learned a bit more about electrical and these two wires are connected to bond your 120 volt AC neutral to ground) It wouldn't hurt them to put out an addendum to the manual with the changes to the unit since the manual was printed and some explanations such as what the functions of these green wires are and when they should be connected or not and why. The manual could be much better. Just took my 4 dogs out overnight in my Class C with the new solar installation and AIMS inverter. Found a nice isolated meadow on the eastern slope of the Washington Cascades about 40 miles from home. Turned on the AIMS inverter and popped some microwave popcorn (not good for you). Woke up at 5AM, let the dog's out, turned on the AIMS and made some coffee. Happiness in my old age.

**UPDATE 2: I sent the second defective unit to Aims for repair under warranty. At first they insisted it operated within spec but after lengthy discussions about the intermittency of the issue, they sent a third unit. I am happy to report that the third unit works just fine. I've tested it about 50 times and the transfer switch is working flawlessly. Maybe I was just unlucky but based on Aims standing behind their product and the final result--I am happy to have an inverter at this price/feature combination-- I am raising my rating. If you buy through Amazon you can return the item as defective for free shipping. You'll know right away upon testing if you have the same issue I had so I can recommend this unit, though cautiously. **UPDATE: I've tested the transfer switch a total of about 50 times now, and it works maybe 60% of the time. This is the second unit to have an unreliable transfer switch (see below that I returned the first one), so I strongly recommend against purchasing this item if that feature is important to you.** I purchased the unit as a ups for my pellet stove. The stove is plugged into the Aims inverter and the inverter is plugged into house power and a marine deep cell battery. The inverter passes power through to the stove and charges the battery while house power is available, and is supposed to automatically transfer to battery power when house power fails. I say "supposed to" because my first unit, though delivered promptly, upon set up gave intermittent power with fluctuating voltage when inverting from the battery. I called the excellent tech support and the technician had me return the item as defective. Upon equally prompt delivery of the second unit I proceeded to test it and when I first simulated a power failure by simply pulling the power cord from the house, the unit failed to power the stove. I had to turn the unit on and off again and it started inverting and powering the stove normally. The second and third simulated power failures worked fine but the unit tripped the gfci on the forth attempt. Although it seems to be working fine now, the automatic transfer switch makes a huge thump sound when switching to battery power and then again when switching back to house power. I've tested the inverter multiple times since the last failure to operate and it seems to be working ok now, but now I don't have a huge amount of confidence in this unit's ability to reliably act as an uninterrupted power supply for my stove--the whole point of my purchasing it. I seriously considered returning this second unit too, but I decided to keep it because it has a very decent feature set for the money and I will mostly be home to supervise the transfer switch during a power failure. And Aims is said to stand behind their products. I do not feel comfortable giving a favorable recommendation yet. A UPS needs to be reliable. That's why you buy it. So far, the Aims has not delivered. I will update my review if I have reason to upgrade or downgrade my low confidence level.

I bought this unit to power my RV for a bucket list trip. I installed it in July 23 and tested it for several days while the RV was parked. It worked great. Powered my rig from the batteries for 8 hours more than once with no issues. Then we took a test trip overnight driving 120 miles. After about 1 hour I stoped for fuel and checked on the inverter and it was not working. No lights no power no nothing. My batteries were showing 12.5 volts. I turned the unit off and on and it inverted for about 10-20 seconds before going dead. I called aims customer service and they helped me realize that the battery voltage was dropping too low during the refrigerator inrush as the motor started. I put a separate charger on my batteries as a test and this unit runs great! Now to get new batteries. So not only a good unit but very helpful customer service. (they are hard to get on the phone but answered email right away)