Re: (ET) ET and a Redi-line inverter

[JEFFREY ANTONUCCI <jlantonucci comcast net>]

My Redi-line inverters are 36V.


> On 05/13/2023 9:33 AM tb <tbamc gbta net> wrote:
> 
>  
> I’ve got a decades old Redi-line rotary inverter, 120V, 1000W, that I’ve 
> used a few times with a car battery, for tools and lights, and it’s 
> worked well.  Uprooted tree from a storm the other night pulled the 
> electric service off the house wall, and wife wanted coffee in the 
> morning so I ran an extension cord from the Redi-line—attached to the 
> front 2 batteries of the ET—in to the kitchen and the coffee maker.  
> Power disconnect on the ET was off.  She turned on the coffee maker and 
> I hear shrieking from the kitchen.  Strong smell of smoked electronics 
> and the maker’s switch was fused open.  
> 
> Actually measured the voltage where I hooked up the Redi-line and it 
> measured 12V just like it should so I don’t think the ET was the 
> problem.  I’ve been told that the Redi-line ac wave may have been too 
> square, and that fried the switch.  Does that make sense?  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Thon
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