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REV03‐13

HowPowerInvertersWork(Continued)

inverters withthecapabilitytostartandrundifficultreactiveloads,whileprovidingexcellentoverloadcapability.

Thewaveformthatisgeneratedbythisconversionisa"modifiedsinewave"asshowninthediagrambelow.

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The modified sine wave produced by our inverters has a root mean square (RMS) voltage of 110 volts. The

majorityofACvoltmetersarecalibratedforRMSvoltageandassumethatthemeasuredwaveformwillbeapure

sinewave.Consequently, thesemeterswillnot readtheRMSmodified

sinewavevoltage correctlyand,when 

measuringtheinverteroutput,themeterswillreadabout20to30voltstoolow.Toaccuratelymeasureofthe

outputvoltageoftheinverter,useatrueRMSreadingvoltmetersuchasaFluke87Fluke8060ABeckman4410,

Triplet4200oranymultimeter

identifiedas"TrueRMS"

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InReview

• Neverat tempttooperatetheinverterfromanypowersourceotherthana12‐voltDCvoltbattery.

• Theinverterisdesignedtobeconnectedtothepowersourcewiththe12voltpowerplug.Donotattemptto

modifythepowercordorplug.

• Whileconnectingthe

invertertothepowersource,makecertainthattheinverterispositionedfarawayfrom

anypotentialsourceofflammablefumesorgases,

• Makecertainthepowerconsumptionoftheapplianceorequipmentyouwishtooperateiscompatiblewith

thecapacityoftheinverter.Donotexceed800

watts.

• Whenattemptingtooperatebatterychargers,monitorthetemperatureofthebatterychargerfor

approximately10minutes.Ifthebatterychargerbecomesabnormallywarm,disconnectitfromtheinverter

immediately.

• Useonly30ampspadetypefuses.

• Whenoperatingtheinverterwithanautomobileormarinebattery,

starttheengineevery30to60minutes

andletitrunforappro ximat ely10minutestorechargethebattery.

• Intheeventofacontinuousaudiblealarmorautomaticshutdown,turntheinv erterOFFimmediately.Donot

res tarttheinverteruntilthesourceoftheproblemhas

beenidentifiedandcorrected.

• Toavoidbatterydrain,alwaysdisconnecttheinverterwhennotinuse.

• Donotexposetheinvertertorainormoisture.

• Avoidplacingthein verternearsourcesofheatorindirectsunlight.

• Whileinuse,makesuretheinverterisproperlyventilated.

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• Donotoperatetheinverternearflammablematerials,fumesorgases.

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