How much should an inverter handle?

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{"text":"I’ve had 3 in a 2 year period. The first 2 were used. I don’t remember how many watts. The third one was a new cobra 1500watts, and completely died with just 3 weeks of use. Any ideas?","videos":"[]","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

109329

{"replyTo":"","text":"Inverters are not true AC.  They create square waves rather than some waves.  How they work is that they create a DC voltage of 120 volts in one direction then switch directions every 60th of a second. to simulate AC.\n\nPeak voltage of a true sine wave AC voltage is about 160 volts but the max voltage of an inverter is 120.  I would suggest getting an inverter that can handle at least 50% more power than all the items you intend to use.","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I've had the same inverter for 20 years.\n1. Any ac product... Microwave, TV, fridge...will have its power requirements on the back.\n2. In the inverter box it'll tell you the math to do to see if the inverter can handle it.\n3.forget what I said regarding 1 and 2.\n4. Buy Online a new 3500w inverter.\n****\n- when connecting to the batteries, if you have a single red and a single black wire... Go a across all batteries. (in other words, do connect both to the same battery. If you have 3 or 4 batteries, connect one wire to the far right battery and the other wire to the far left battery. This will save you from burning up batteries)\nIf your inverter has 2 black and 2 red wires... Hook the red to 2 different batteries, and hook the black to 2 different batteries. Optimally, with a 4 battery system 1 wire should go to each battery)","replyToPid":0}

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109329 发表于 2019-03-27 03:06:45 Inverters are not true AC.  They create square waves rather than some waves.  How they work is that they create a DC voltage of 120 volts in one direction then switch directions every 60th of a second. to simulate AC.\n\nPeak voltage of a true sine wave AC voltage is about 160 volts but the max voltage of an inverter is 120.  I would suggest getting an inverter that can handle at least 50% more power than all the items you intend to use.

","text":"I use no less than a 2500 ","replyToPid":5971}

646740

{"replyTo":"","text":"7-10 amps under its maximum rating..","replyToPid":0}

646740

{"replyTo":"","text":"For ever 100 watts is equivalent to 10 amps..","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"There should be an information sheet for it. Do the math after checking that","replyToPid":0}