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  1. Al Smith

    Power Inverters - Am I The Only One?

    Because of the fact I make my living as an electrician I have seen some huge static inverters .Some were used for critical systems on refinery boiler operations ,operating flood gates and numerious other uses . Let me tell you a large one of say 7500-10,000 watts is extremely expensive about...
  2. Al Smith

    Power Inverters - Am I The Only One?

    The ones that are in use in motor vehicles are just an option used to provide small amounts of AC power . To use a vehicle engine on anything but an emergency to make AC would be very inefficient ,no doubt . Then again though,in dire straights any port in a storm,so to speak .
  3. Al Smith

    Power Inverters - Am I The Only One?

    I could ramble for hours but I won't .That pretty well sums it up about "clean " power .
  4. Al Smith

    Power Inverters - Am I The Only One?

    One great advantage a static inverter has is the fact it puts out a more perfect sinosodal wave form .In other words much more stable than a generater . I think the inverter in the motor home is 2,000 watts .I know my old man threw a fit when he had to replace it ,costs a plenty . The coach...
  5. Al Smith

    Power Inverters - Am I The Only One?

    Well I see what Butch is up against ,surely the winds from an impending hurricane . Given enough time at a later date ,they make small wattage generators that run on pennys per hour .If you could find a small unit that would slightly put out more wattage than the inverter needs ,it would be...
  6. Al Smith

    Power Inverters - Am I The Only One?

    You are talking about a static inverter,changes DC to Ac by use of SCR's and gate circuits . They work fine but have limited sizes unless you want to shell out the bucks . Two batteries in parrallel will just give you a longer run time .For what it's worth my folks motor home has three . I...
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