Re: (ET) inverter

[steves <ssawtelle erols com>]

Hmm - now I'm curious - I'll have to get out my meters, run mine, and 
calculate the efficiency. I'll report back.

Oh yeah - as a side note to Redi-Line owners:

Last power outage mine wouldn't kick in. Found out there is a power 
resistor in series with the input power to the control board that had 
failed open. Soemthing to keep in mind if you get the same problem. Also 
there is a small unused terminal that can be used to force the unit on 
(bypasses the auto-load sense).

- SteveS

Michael S Briggs wrote:

> They probably are cleaner - the efficiency though is what I'd be 
> concerned with (converting electrical energy to mechanical energy just 
> to convert it back to electrical energy in an AC voltage rather than DC 
> also just bugs me as being not very elegant :) ).
>     Hm, I should probably sit down and calculate how long a fully 
> charged pack could power our chest freezer and refrigerator... and maybe 
> an AC if necessary.... (losing power during a heat wave can really suck)