Newer designed inverters
Anyone who has spent some time on eBay has seen the incredibly low priced Chinese inverters. Some of the spec are out right lies (5000W output using a 12V battery ? Right. Sure.) But there is a sp...
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The measure of a "Good" inverter is not whether it can develop 10,0000,00,000,000 watts for a half cycle. This is utterly stupid rhetoric.
The measure of a good inverter is accurate trouble-free operation for many years. And I gotta de gnus for you...designs that utilize good old fashioned heavy weight copper-wound transformers are light-years more reliable over the long run.
Truly sturdy solid state synchronous inverters are nightmarish expensive. The cost of the transcribers on DC power lines cost more than six square blocks of residences in your home town. One stupid thyristor costs $57,000 dollars.
One does not build reliable solid state electronics with borderline voltage and capacity rated components. I elected to go with 350 volt 680 ohm Panasonic capacitors instead of 200 volt originals, Bi-Polar transistors rated 33 amps at double the voltage, and 80 amp 150 volt Schottky rectifiers rather than the original 20 amp 100 volt TO247 devices. Wanna shock? Price the difference. Wanna bigger shock? Have a Megawatt go bad 2,500 miles from the US border.
But the stuff has to last, or it's a laff. A one off, single 100 meter dash performance that is supposed to inspire is ludicrous. It is what (?) 2% or so along on the road to relevant significance.
I am all for technological advancement. But I did not buy into the Popular Science "All Moving Sidewalks" in 1956, and sixty years later I am still not holding my breath.
I am going to spring for that 3,000 watt inverter with 80-amp charger as a Christmas gift to myself. But alas for techo-addicts it has a heavy-assed copper transformer.
Landfills are full of toxic chew and spit electronics. Every time some is recycled it consumes an enormous amount of energy. When are people going to wake up to this fact? Build it once, build it right and don't spew thousands of pounds of CO2 returning, recycling, and hypnotizing oneself with illusions of grandeur.
The measure of a good inverter is accurate trouble-free operation for many years. And I gotta de gnus for you...designs that utilize good old fashioned heavy weight copper-wound transformers are light-years more reliable over the long run.
Truly sturdy solid state synchronous inverters are nightmarish expensive. The cost of the transcribers on DC power lines cost more than six square blocks of residences in your home town. One stupid thyristor costs $57,000 dollars.
One does not build reliable solid state electronics with borderline voltage and capacity rated components. I elected to go with 350 volt 680 ohm Panasonic capacitors instead of 200 volt originals, Bi-Polar transistors rated 33 amps at double the voltage, and 80 amp 150 volt Schottky rectifiers rather than the original 20 amp 100 volt TO247 devices. Wanna shock? Price the difference. Wanna bigger shock? Have a Megawatt go bad 2,500 miles from the US border.
But the stuff has to last, or it's a laff. A one off, single 100 meter dash performance that is supposed to inspire is ludicrous. It is what (?) 2% or so along on the road to relevant significance.
I am all for technological advancement. But I did not buy into the Popular Science "All Moving Sidewalks" in 1956, and sixty years later I am still not holding my breath.
I am going to spring for that 3,000 watt inverter with 80-amp charger as a Christmas gift to myself. But alas for techo-addicts it has a heavy-assed copper transformer.
Landfills are full of toxic chew and spit electronics. Every time some is recycled it consumes an enormous amount of energy. When are people going to wake up to this fact? Build it once, build it right and don't spew thousands of pounds of CO2 returning, recycling, and hypnotizing oneself with illusions of grandeur.
