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Ev Archive for January 1998
1241 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:41:28 2001

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Re: wiring an inverter



LEE A HART wrote:
>
> The mass-produced (i.e. cheaper) inverters are all 12v or 24v. You could
> use contactors (expensive) or Anderson connectors (laborious), or a big
> knife switch (which you'd probably have to make) to rewire your pack to 12v
> or 24v for occasional inverter use.

You know, as I think on this - a DC-DC converter charging a deep-cycle
battery would be a nice simple way to handle this. I don't know about
conversion efficiency losses, but when I need remote 120AC (or when the
house is dark from an ice storm) I'm not likely to quibble over
percentages. And that would probably cost less than contactors etc.
Whattaya think?

Russell Groves

Re: wiring an inverter