What is a Power Inverter-Charger?

A Power Inverter-Charger connects to a 12 Volt (or sometimes 24 Volt) car, truck or boat battery and inverts the power to provide mains electricity. It also connects to the mains and charges the battery while the mains power is on.

Power Inverter-Chargers are often used in areas where mains power is not reliable both in the UK and abroad. They are also often used on boats as a convenient way of managing the boat's power system. They have a 3 pin UK power sockets or 3 pin universal power sockets. Different inverters have different outputs (measured in Watts). You need an inverter with enough wattage output to power the device you want to use.

Some Inverter-Chargers can be used as UPS systems (Uninterruptible Power Supply) to power computer systems in the event of a power failure. UPS systems for computer equipment switches very quickly in the event of mains power loss and not all Inverter Chargers can switch over quickly enough to manage this. We inform you in the product detail which of our Inverter-Chargers can do this.

There are two main kind of inverters - Modified (sometimes known as Quasi) sine wave and Pure sine wave. The modified sine wave inverters have the advantage of being much cheaper. The pure sine wave inverters more closely mimic the kind of AC current that you get from the mains. Pure Sine Wave Power Inverters work better with inductive loads such as fluorescent lighting and high power quick charge battery chargers. They also produce "cleaner" power, less prone to introducing interference to delicate or sensitive appliances.

See Also: Battery to Power Inverter Connection Leads.

An Inverter-Charger that converts 12 Volt DC (battery power) to 220-240 Volt AC 50Hz (mains power). This power inverter-charger connects directly to a 12V battery or bank of 12V batteries and in continuous use provides up to 1600 Watts of AC power. The Sterling Power Pro Combi can manage surge voltages of up to 3000 Watts for short periods of time (about 5 seconds) - this is to cover the start up surge in power that many appliances have. This inverter-charger is ideal for most small and medium electrical equipment such as stereos, microwave ovens, battery chargers, razors, TVs, DVD players, power tools etc (check wattage to make sure). The Sterling Power ProCombi has 30 amp through current, automatic P.F.C. (power factor correction) and includes a remote control with a 10m cable. On the charger side of things the Sterling Power ProCombi has 4 step progressive charging with an 8 battery type selector. The crossover time is 20 milliseconds, this is fast enough for computer systems not to lose any data due to power loss, so the Sterling Power ProCombi doubles as a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). This is a modified sine wave inverter, so is ideal for everything except inductive loads (such as fluorescent lighting), for these it would be best to use a pure sine wave inverter. The unit is easy to install and use and is robust enough to be used on boats. Please click for more information on the Sterling Power ProCombi Quasi 12V 1600 Watt Inverter-Charger.

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