[H-GEN] Inverters and Computers

[Doug Young]

Dick Smith had some cheap sine wave kits a while back .. apparently
end of line runouts ... think they were asking about $120 for 300 watt ones

which sounds quite economical if they have any left in stock

Frank Brand wrote:

> Anyone have any opinions,
>
> A friend of mine wants to use his desktop computer in a mobile
> situation. He wants to obtain 240 V AC from an inverter.
>
> He has three option viz,
>
> 1. Sine Wave form (expensivest solution).
>
> 2. Simulated sine wave ie. cropped sqare wave form (mid-cost solution).
>
> 3. Square wave form (cheapest solution).
>
> My question is - Can he save some money and obtain the sqare or
> simulated wave form inverters. Taking into account that the power so
> generated then goes through a transformer will the voltage cleanliness
> (? what the fsck do you think I mean by this) and voltage stability be
> sufficient for the computer to run OK?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Seems an expensive way of going from 12V DC to 240 V AC to 5 V DC again
> doesn't it?
>
> TIA.
>
> --
> Frank Brand
> E-mail: fbrand at uq.net.au
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