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Sine wave inverter/charger for small solar backup system | 18 comments (18 topical, editorial)
Re: Sine wave inverter/charger (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by ghurd on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 06:43:23 PM MST
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The 120 AH isn't going to run much stuff very long.
That's about the same watt hours as a pair of golf cart batteries.

With a 600W load, that's about 25A. That's about an hour and a half.
SLAs won't last long with that kind of abuse.
I am not sure they will supply 3000W (125A) without the inverter going LVD.

A 3000W pure sine inverter waiting for a load might drain the batteries before morning.
Some units have a "sleep" function.  They wait for a load before turning on.  Not sure how that fits with the fridge.

I don't get the "function as either a UPS or full time unit".
The plan is to run it 24/7, even when the grid is on?
That's a lot of wasted power, like noticably jump the bill kind of wasted power.

The 24V and pure sine limits the choices.
G-

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Re: Sine wave inverter/charger (3.00 / 0) (#12)
by kurt on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 06:52:47 PM MST
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most inverter/chargers will act as a pass through UPS and charge the batteries when connected to grid power..... i think that is what he wants.....

http://www.reresource.org/

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Sine wave inverter/charger for small solar backup system | 18 comments (18 topical, 0 editorial)

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