Re: beefy inverter

On Apr 16, 11:20 am, Tim Wescott <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Let's say, for example, I had an old vehicle that I wanted to let sit
in the driveway and use as a backup generator (12VDC power
available). Nice that it already has a self-contained powerplant,
with a good emissions control system.

Let's say also that I wanted it to provide 1 kW of power, at 110 V.

Let's also say that I wanted to power inductive loads with it: an
electric saw, etc.

So, how would I go about building one of these puppies?

I know that the cheap square wave inverters from Wal-Mart would blow
up if I tried to run an inductive load off them.

Any suggestions? (posts to old Masters' Theses, etc?)

Michael

You'd probably find yourself overloading the car's alternator, unless
you went to the trouble to put in an auxiliary alternator in there --
and if you're going to do that, why not go find a clapped-out gen set
and fix it up?


Eh, let's say it's a beefy alternator. 136A or so, like found on a
Dodge Ram.
http://www.partsamerica.com/productdetail.aspx?MfrCode=BAR&MfrPartNumber=1866473&PartType=11&PTSet=A

Michael

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