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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks for the good info Bob. I think I may have found
one at "inverter r us". It's a Aims 1250 watt and should cover any use
that I have. Does anyone out there have any experience with particular
inverter? I've attached the web link below.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks again,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>T-Bone</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.invertersrus.com/inv1250w.html">http://www.invertersrus.com/inv1250w.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=bob@toprudder.com href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">Bob Richards</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">NSRCA</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 02, 2005 7:19
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Power inverters</DIV>
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<P><BR><BR><B><I>T&C Brown <<A
href="mailto:tncbrown@cebridge.net">tncbrown@cebridge.net</A>></I></B>
wrote:</P>
<P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">>>>Anyone know of a good source
for power inverters. Something for our<BR>use....say a monokote gun, soldering
iron etc.<<<</P>
<P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><BR>Sams Club, Harbor Freight, Northern
Tools, West Marine, probably Walmart too. Radio Shack carries them, but
are priced too expensive IMHO.</P>
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<P>For the devices you mention, any inverter should work fine as long as it
has the rating to handle the power of the device. For some electronic devices,
you might need a true sine-wave inverter which will cost more money. Most
low-cost inverters that you will find in stores are modified sine-wave types,
which should be fine for resistive type loads (such as irons and heat
guns).</P>
<P> </P>
<P>A monokote iron and soldering iron are low wattage, a monokote gun would be
about 700w (at least mine is). Most inverters have two ratings -- continuous
and surge. Sometimes the advertised rating is the surge value, and in small
print will be the contiuous rating, watch out for that. Surge rating is
important for motor driven devices that have high startup current.</P>
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<P>For loads under 150w, you should be able to plug the inverter into a
cigarette lighter without problems. For higher loads, you may need to connect
directly to the battery. The wiring for most cigarette lighters are only good
for about 10 amps, and may have a large voltage drop even then. Rule of thumb
- for every 120 watts, you will be pulling at least 10 amps from the
battery.<BR></P>
<P>Bob R.<BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>