Warning, don't buy GEL based inverter systems, you'll regret it!

You do know that 1 star rating equates to 20% out of 100% when in fact, 0% is more applicable when it comes to the now R18K monstrosity you service called the RCT Megapower Inverter....

Awfully unfair of me to post this complaint upfront as my initial dealings with Rectron itself was not all that uncomfortable, even though it closely resembled so many other complaints posted herein... this complaint is to warn unsuspecting customers of the mere fact that your hard earned money will be wasted should you acquire any inverter system that runs off GEL and not Lithium batteries, which these RCT inverters mostly run off...

Simply put, less than a year ago, May of 2022, we invested in a RCT Megapower T-2000s trolley inverter unit and for the second time, it's failed and will need repairing, in fact, new batteries but me thinks they do not supply new but refurbished batteries. You know, Luke the people trying to sell you reconditioned car batteries on the side of the road....

I now have to cart this very heavy unit from where I stay in Pta, all the way to Midrand where it will on all probability remain there for weeks if not months while they regurgitate the usual battery shortages...

Futher to the facts as expressed already, a damaged/used replacement unit was eventually presented to me just a few months ago, not even 5 months ago and here we are, back at it....

Fortunately and according to email correspondence I have, my warranty only runs out on the 11th of May 2023, so I can still have it repaired one last time before they can walk away unscathed... this also means that if one considers the lifespan of these useless GEL batteries, then I would have a functioning inverter for only the next 4 to 5 months max.

Yes that right, the money you plan on spending, currently R18K, works out to approx R1058/month as you will be needing to replace it withing 17 months or so if my calculations are correct. Or maybe I was simply one of the unlucky ones you see posting in here about the same thing...

With the hope that some of you managed to read this far, I wish to warn against investing in any GEL based inverter system, as it will not last the way you think it will. It's that or the electronics on the inverter itself, do not manage the charging of these useless batteries, thus making them unstable and quick to deteriorate into obscurity.... I.e. you've been duly warned, get lithium if you dare or can afford it...

Load shedding seems to be here to stay but these RCT Megapower inverters are definitely not, they will cost you more in the long run as it now means that above and beyond the Eskom bill we paid over the last 12 months, the Inverters approx R1K extra, means we receive no real return on our investment....

In closing and my sincerest apology for the rant, I will be returning my replacement unit for hopeful speedy repair/replacement and maybe they'll be nice enough to extent my warranty but you know as much as I do that that ain't gonna happen... I'm just readying myself for an uphill battle while I wait for them to do what's right.... hope that this is my last post in this regard...

Hopeful regards...