--- In [email protected], "gh25hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having changed boats recently I now have a 1500 Sterling Pure Sine Wave > Inverter. Could folk comment on the potential use of this inverter? > > George >
In the vein of the other two posts - its a special device used by big shiney boats to flatten batteries. Seriousely though it should drive nearly any mains equipment you have that draws less than 1.5kW or 6 amps. Pure sine wave inverters MIGHT not give a waveform quiet as "pure" as the vendors suggets, so there is a slight possibility that something realy sensative might play up, but its a small chance. Pure sine inverters seem to have a much lower tollereance to starting surges so somthing close to the maximum load may start OK on a mofified sine one, but yours might trip out - particularly things with motors. It will draw something in the region of 150 amps at full load so make sure your battery bank is large enough to supply this without exces internal voltdrop. Probably not a good thing to use for charging phones & dry cells and other very small loads because it may well take 3 or 4 amps just to work itself and that makes it exceptionally inefficient. Sometimes a small load might not force it to starst, so you may need to put something else on as well. Tony Brooks
