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Camping in Yellowstone and went to order Xantrex Freedom 3000 with new remote control panel and it said “will ship in 1-2 months”. Not mission critical this trip but I like to be 100% as much as possible.

Found the same unit and controller from Hodges Marine in Florida and with taxes and 2 Day Flat Rate shipping the cost was $1,046.64 which was 40 bucks cheaper than Amazon. Feels good to see the retail store win. This is my usual practice. Find it on Amazon then search for same item at a small retailer. If the price is is better or even a little bit worse I’ll go with the retailer. No reason for Amazon to get a cut just for the convenience when the retailer offers the same return policy.

Arrives on Monday (here til Thursday) will give you an update after installed.

I suspect I’ve been asking too much of the inverter. Residential frig is 96 watts, microwave is 950 watts, coffee maker is 1500 watts, TV/soundbar resting state probably 15 watts. So too much to run the microwave and coffee maker together which I know I have. Shouldn’t the reset button on the inverter pop if I draw too much? Anyway, now with 3000 watts I should be good. With 270 amp hours of battery that should give me enough for at least an hour of breakfast cooking (right) without depleting the batteries.