I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for, but there was an article in Home Power magazine a few years back on how to build a transformerless 156VDC to 120VAC inverter. cheers, Andrew
Rod Hower wrote: > > The problem is that you have to add a boost converter stage to step up > the 120Vdc to 170Vdc before making 120Vac (ie, 120*1.414=169.7). > This sounds like a job for Otmar. > > He converted a 12V inverter to a 12V input from solar cells to 120V+ output > charger, so this task shouldn't be too difficult. > > Rod > > P.S. you can get a 36Vdc to 1.5kw inverter from www.electrictractor.com > > I have been looking for a 120VDC to 120VAC ~2kW inverter to add to my truck > > without much luck. I would have thought that it would be cheaper to build > one that uses 120 VDC than one that uses 12 VDC though the market is > smaller so no production volume discount. Has anyone found a good inverter > for EV applications? > > Thanks > > Brendan Kirby > > >.
