Can anybody tell me why a 600watt inverter wont run a 50watt fan. Battery is fully charged.
meetoo said
05:31 PM Oct 30, 2017
Is the inverter switched on?
Does it work with anything else?
Cheers, John.
Izabarack said
05:54 PM Oct 30, 2017
Might have to connect another load to trigger the inverter into providing an output. They some times need a reasonable load to start up.
Alternatively, if it is a Modified Square Wave inverter, electric motors do not like them, as a general statement. Make sure the fan is set to highest speed and try again.
Also good to plug in something like a desk lamp to check is the inverter is putting out.
Iza
PeterD said
09:05 PM Oct 30, 2017
Izabarack wrote:
Also good to plug in something like a desk lamp to check is the inverter is putting out.
Iza
That does not mean any desk lamp. It needs to be one with a 40 W incandescent globe.
macka17 said
07:27 PM Nov 4, 2017
I Have a cheap 150 or 300w? Inverter. (for yonk's).
It runs the std 12\15in Household fans in van from Solar\2 x 100a AGM's. With lights and Teev\Box. Waterpump. Around 12\14 yrs now. Just the std $25 Woolies\Coles fans.
Skinny wiring maybe?.
-- Edited by macka17 on Saturday 4th of November 2017 07:28:15 PM
hako said
10:29 PM Nov 4, 2017
My inverter (2000W) also will not run our fan so we only use fan in CPs. Must be the fan motor design I reckon. No one could tell me why it would not run this particular fan but electrician thought it was the cheap inverter design or the cheap fan motor design. (I'm a cheapskate). Apart from the fan, our inverter will run everything else.
Good Luck.
aussie_paul said
11:11 PM Nov 4, 2017
hako wrote:
My inverter (2000W) also will not run our fan so we only use fan in CPs. Must be the fan motor design I reckon. No one could tell me why it would not run this particular fan but electrician thought it was the cheap inverter design or the cheap fan motor design. (I'm a cheapskate).Apart from the fan, our inverter will run everything else.
Is the inverter switched on?
Does it work with anything else?
Cheers, John.
Alternatively, if it is a Modified Square Wave inverter, electric motors do not like them, as a general statement. Make sure the fan is set to highest speed and try again.
Also good to plug in something like a desk lamp to check is the inverter is putting out.
Iza
That does not mean any desk lamp. It needs to be one with a 40 W incandescent globe.
I Have a cheap 150 or 300w? Inverter. (for yonk's).
It runs the std 12\15in Household fans in van from Solar\2 x 100a AGM's.
With lights and Teev\Box. Waterpump.
Around 12\14 yrs now.
Just the std $25 Woolies\Coles fans.
Skinny wiring maybe?.
-- Edited by macka17 on Saturday 4th of November 2017 07:28:15 PM
Good Luck.
Me too hako.
Aussie Paul.