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- From: awpaeth@watpix.uwaterloo.ca (Alan Wm Paeth)
- Subject: Power Inverter Problems (12VDC to 117VAC switcher)
- Message-ID: <C0pFDq.I1n@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca>
- Sender: news@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:27:24 GMT
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- My brother received a "PowerStat" 12VDC - > 117VAC inverter over the holidays.
- It has been a real disappointment. The ad claimed it was good for 140W normal
- and 200W peak power. It barely manages 100W into a resistive load (lamp), and
- it simply cannot drive even the smallest drill (its intended use). My EE degree
- and scope can't help (I live half a continent away) hence this net posting.
-
- To anyone with experience or familiarity with this/such beasts:
-
- (1) How can he test it a/o improve its output?
- (2) How can he better cope with power factor/inductive loads?
-
- It strikes me that a series cap would be prohibitively large. Or maybe the
- "modified sinewave" harmonic content is hell on a motor. Or perhaps I can send
- him a matched pair of industrial strength VFETS (??). A circuit diagram would
- help, or at least confirm/deny my suspicions that "100VA max, non-reactive
- loads only" is about all one can expect. E-mail most welcome. Many thanks.
-
- /Alan Paeth VE3AWP
- Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of Waterloo
-