Inverter 240 instead of 12 volt
Submitted: Monday, May 19, 2008 at 20:45
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greenant
I have a camper which is wired for both 240 and 12 volt. The 240 light is a 11 watt high energy flouro bulb and lights the camper real
well. But when I am on 12 volt it has a 21 watt bulb in the same light fitting and is near to useless. My question is ... if I get a small inverter say 150 watt and feed the 240 into the camper 240 supply socket I can then run the internal light on 240 with a great light at 11 watt. The total power used would be the 11 watt lamp plus the inverter inefficiences and I would dare to say that the total load would be equal to or less than running the 21 watt lamp on its own. By only using a low output inverter the inefficientcies of the unit percentage wise would be less than using say a 300 watt one or would it be proportional to the load.
With my set up the 3 way fridge works real
well on gas and this light is the only 12 volt gear I use and have a 100 watt solar panel for charging
Any comments constructive or derogerty would be greatly appreciated
Greenant