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Date:         Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:38:57 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Real 110v AC power off of the engine ?
In-Reply-To:  <47002D2B.8060402@gmail.com>
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> Wow, cool. A big "pure sine" inverter with its very own alternator! At
> least that's what it looks like.




Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Maybe it's a 24V or even 48V alternator.
Get more watts for fewer amps with about the same amount of copper. That's
always the big problem with 12V. If you're powering (say) a 1200W microwave
off a 12V inverter, you're pulling 100 amps out of the alternator, at which
point you better have a #6 or even #4 copper conductor! From their vague
range of  horsepower loss in the FAQ, it seems their unit can pump out
somewhere between 3 and 8 KILOWATTS. Yeah, just a wild guess, but I bet
they're running a higher voltage. Maybe even full voltage but DC?


--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
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