Re: (ET) Re: rotary inverter

[Anton Berteaux <krustyacres earthlink net>]

also very much less efficient, and most of the better quality (read 
expensive ) electronic inverters are very close to sine wave with less 
distortion than a generator.
I would up the system voltage to 48, which allows use of many off the 
shelf inverters, and makes you go faster, too.
anton

On May 27, 2004, at 10:46 AM, Dan Conine wrote:

> A rotary inverter (in this case) is a 36VDC motor which is run by the 
> tractor. The motor is directly coupled to a 110VAC generator.
>
> You get perfect sinusoidal power, vs. the psuedo-simulated(modified 
> sine wave) power from a solid-state inverter.  Simple, relatively easy 
> to repair if you are living with a soldering iron and a roll of magnet 
> wire, and  civilization is gone.
> Disadvantage: brushes, bearings, armatures wear out.
>
> Dan Conine
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