Re: Inverters

Sailor Bob wrote: 
Can anyone tell me if an inverter actually uses additional energy to
convert DC to AC?  Is it a percentage in direct proportion to the
conversion?

Yes, it uses additional energy that must escape as heat. There is some minimum loss, just to run the converter, unloaded, some proportional losses, and some losses proportional to the square of the load. If the designers concentrated on efficiency, all these losses may amount to 5% to 10% of the full load output (90to 95 % full load efficiency. All units are zero percent efficient at no load.
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