[Gasification] DC to AC inverters: was ((Re: Something Might be Wrong (OT??))

[Harmon Seaver]

   Hey guys, there's an awful lot of 24v inverters out there, and also
some 36v and 48v inverters. Look around. Anybody doing serious off-grid
with batteries and DC does not use 12v -- most any 12v inverter is
bottom of the barrel minor league stuff for truckers and small RV's and
even then most serious truckers and RV's use 24v.


Peter Singfield wrote:
> At 01:39 AM 4/13/2007 -0400, Jeff Davis wrote:
> 
>> Peter,
>>
>> Yes, I also use an inverter. Nice items. But I like to use my electric 
>> chainsaw with my electric golf cart. I can carry a spare battery but would 
>> like to use the 36v pack in the cart. I have just reconnected the batteries 
>> for 12 V but that's a pain. Could wire in lots of high powered diodes but 
>> that's costly. Or some kind of switch but that would turn into a rats nest.
>>
> 
> OK -- the very real solut5ion is to be able to gang inverters together. The
> old Trace inverters -- now Xanthu (sp?) -- could be chained together -- it
> is simply running them all from a single clock -- 
> 
> So then you put 3 12 volts together.
> 
>> The other option would be a homemade roto-converter. Take a high eff. 36 vdc 
>> motor and turn a modified car alternator (120 vdc). The motors in a skilsaw 
>> and chainsaw should run on 120vdc.
>>

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Harmon Seaver