im so confused

[wilburg]

talking back up power

I heard all of you talking about pure sine inverters this is what I have found:

http://www.outsidesupply.com/sine-wave-power-inverters.aspx

What size do I need, where does the inverter get the power from??

I got two RV batteries in my basement I could use, how do you connect the batteries to the inverter??

I have a Yamaha 2000 generator I can use?

How does this stuff your talking about work?

 

[wingman1776]

ON the size the only way i know of to be sure what your unit pulls is to use a kill a watt meter. I got mine of ebay for about 25 bux. work great plug it into the wall plug what ever in the outlet and it tells you all about the load you plugged in. the inverter gets its power from batterys you connect to it. you hook it up with heavy gage coppper wire size depends on the size of the inverter. the yamaha generator should do a good job for you.

 

[imacman]

talking back up power

I heard all of you talking about pure sine inverters this is what I have found:

http://www.outsidesupply.com/sine-wave-power-inverters.aspx

What size do I need, where does the inverter get the power from??

I got two RV batteries in my basement I could use, how do you connect the batteries to the inverter??

I have a Yamaha 2000 generator I can use?

How does this stuff your talking about work?

Those inverters look like nice units....the 600 watt model is what I'd get....the 300 watt one is borderline.

But if you're going to go that route, why not just get the one harman sells? Then you know it's OK for the stove: http://hearthnhome.com/downloads/communications/HarmanBatteryBackUp.pdf

As for the Yamaha genny, be careful....some of them use a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control.....not true sine wave, but an approximation of one using square waves.....not good for motors. Maybe some of our more electronics-savvy members can weigh in on this.....maybe their OK???

As for the RV batteries you have, the inverter should have all the hardware to connect to the battery. And if you go to a local RV supply, you can get 2 battery-to-battery connectors, and connect the batteries in parallel....should last twice as long.