Folks;
Hopefully by this winter my tower will be up and shortly thereafter I will have a large zubbly type conversion genny with high voltage ac out for a combination of resistance floor storage heating in my office and battery charging at both the tower and the office area where i use my RE power. Plans call for computer control of what goes where and when based on needs of the various systems.
In my scrounging travels I have come up with a few heaters, kiln elements, etc. that I can use as a power waster at the tower. One other thing I have acquired totally free is a 1KW metal halide light with ballast and a spare bulb. This is one bright lite and on my mod sine inverter it draws about 100 amps [12 volts] so will be a fine dump load through the tower inverter. My concern is that while it will be cool to light up the tower like daytime with excess power I am unsure if the ballast will tolerate a mod sine inverter. It starts up about the same as on grid and gets as bright but it does hum a bit more on the inverter.
My main question is whether or not the ballast [size of a 12 pack of beer] will tolerate the inverter. My system will be fairly complex with multiple transfer methods to the point of use which is 300 plus feet away. The light would be near the apex of the tower under a weather cover to keep it dry.
Thanks in advance for any input on the question.
Cheers.
TomW