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realistically don't go too big on a 12 volt inverter. Anything above 3000 watts gets to a size where the wires can't deliver that kind of amperage anyways. Also for a larger system you don't want to lock yourself into a 12 volt infrastructurevas it's very limiting. So my advice would be to get something bigger but not the eventual home inverter.K Eilander wrote:So I am facing a temporary situation where I need to run a computer off a car battery. The current cigarette lighter inverter I have won't cut it so I need something bigger.
I was wondering about skipping the intermediate step and getting something large that I could later reuse for future alternative energy. The thing is, how do they take to being under-powered? Like, say, it was a 10kw inverter, obviously one tiny battery can't deliver that, but my load won't need that much either. Can it cause problems to under-utilize an inverter like this?
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K Eilander wrote:So I am facing a temporary situation where I need to run a computer off a car battery. The current cigarette lighter inverter I have won't cut it so I need something bigger.
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Steve Farmer wrote:yes, you can use an inverter at below its rated capacity. it's good to do so as that inverter is built for way more amps than you're putting thru so will run cooler and more efficiently than an inverter that's only just sized for your appliance.
get a pure sine wave inverter. these are MUCH more efficient than square/modified inverters.
be careful of ruining your car batt. if you run it below 12.4V and/or leave it discharged for any period of time then it will quickly deteriorate.
David Baillie wrote:...the stand by losses of the large inverter are a constant...
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