T&T: Advantages and Disadvantages of Whole Boast Inverters with Genset Installation

[Peter Bennett]

Monday, January 15, 2007, 6:05:42 PM, Arild wrote:

AJ> REPLY
AJ> the single biggest advantage of a typical 2500W - 3000W inverter is the high
AJ> amp charger it converts into when genset is running.  How else can you
AJ> quickly recharge a 600 - 800 or bigger house bank that is fully depleted?
AJ> Gensets are noisy and except when loaded to optimum is very expensive to
AJ> operate on a $$ per hour or $$ per watt charge basis.

Good point - Why aren't 100+ amp stand-alone chargers readily
available, I wonder...



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