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Sine wave inverter/charger for small solar backup system | 18 comments (18 topical, 0 editorial)
Re: Sine wave inverter/charger for small solar bac (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by tomtmook on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 07:28:30 PM MST
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Sounds like you're assuming a much lighter load for the inverter than the Listeroid.  In your initial post what is 1500W?  I'm confused as to whether you have a 1500W inverter or you're saying your genset it 1500W.  On your web page you say it's 15000W.  Did you lose a zero?

I'd suggest an inverter/charger like Xantrex's DR1500.  I'm told Xantrex is discontinuing that line of inverters, but there are others out there like the DR series.  It is modified sine but mine runs my water pump without a problem.  

Since the DR is an inverter charger, use it to charge and use a much smaller pure sine inverter to run your TV, computer and anything else that needs the pure sine.  You'd have to manually transfer loads to the pure sine, but the DR would switch automatically.  Makes for a good UPS.  

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A note to the guys who would power their houses with a pedaling wife, have you ever calculated how many watthours of power you get from pedaling?  Just curious.  




Re: Sine wave inverter/charger for small solar bac (3.00 / 0) (#15)
by brkwind2 (mcool61@nspamyahoo.com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 08:15:32 AM MST
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I can tell without measuring anything that is would be cheaper to buy fossil fuels because the number of twinkies it takes to motivate her goes up the longer she is on it.  I think if I could figure out how to extract the power from flapping jaws I'd be good to go.  To top that off I can get her to work up a good head of steam pretty quick so there is a lot of power to be extracted from that also.  Maybe a small boiler strapped to the flat spot on top of her head.  If she ever sees this I'm dead.
Rover, stop it.
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Re: Sine wave inverter/charger for small solar bac (3.00 / 0) (#16)
by luv2weld (luv2weld at hughes dot net) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 08:16:04 AM MST
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The watthours from pedaling isn't as important as the number
of days without dinner and the number of nights sleeping in
the doghouse!!!!!
"The best way to kill time is to work it to death!!"
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Sine wave inverter/charger for small solar backup system | 18 comments (18 topical, 0 editorial)

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