Home Inverters :How to Select the Right Inverter for your House

Selecting the right inverter for your home has become a tough task these days. There are so many terms we need to understand - 800VA/ 000VA! Tubular "atteries/ #lat "atteries! $alf %oad/ #ull %oad and the list goes on. And on to& of all these! availability of multi&le &ower back u& solutions and misleading information &rovided by sellers have further added to buyers woes. So ' did some research and study before buying an inverter for my home and '(m sharing the details of same so that you don(t have to go through the same &roblems while buying an inverter.

So What do You Need - UPS or Inverter?

This is one of the basic confusion &eo&le face! so let me start with answering this first. )*S and 'nverter are words used interchangeably though there are not e+actly same. )*S ,)ninterru&ted *ower Su&&ly- is .ust a system which allows '/STA/T switchover to the &ower back-u& source in case of a &ower failure. The &ower back-u& source can be a battery or something else. 0hereas an 'nverter is a system which converts direct current to alternate current hence enables using a battery for backing u& e1ui&ments running on A2 &ower su&&ly. 'nverter uses a battery to &rovide &ower back-u&. 2om&uter )*S comes with in-built battery which works as back-u& &ower source and can &rovide back-u& for 3min. to 40 min. So if that much of back-u& is sufficient for you! you should be fine with buying .ust a )*S for your need. "ut 'nverter comes with more &owerful battery and can &rovide su&&ort for electrical e1ui&ments! com&uters! home a&&liances etc. and also gives more hours of back-u&. 5ost of the inverters come with in-built )*S which ensures that &ower failure doesn(t cause fluctuation and your system switches instantly to 'nverter(s *ower "ack u& battery.

What Capacity of Inverter is Good for Your Home?

6nce you are sure that you are looking for an 'nverter! it(s im&ortant to calculate the ca&acity of 'nverter that will suit your re1uirement. #ollowing table will give you brief idea about the &ower consumed by various e1ui&ments. Tubelight - 700 #an - 800 Television - 900 %a&to& - 000 2#% - 930 5odem - 300 /ow you are in a &osition to understand as what ca&acity inverter do you need and '(ll let you do that in 4 sim&le ste&s -

1. Calculating your power need

/ow '(ll e+&lain you how to use above table to calculate the right ca&acity 'nverter for your need. %et(s say you need 'nverter to run 9 Tube lights! 4 #ans! TV and %a&to&. As &er the table above! you(ll need a total &ower of 3300,:9;70 < 4;80 < ; 90 < ; 00- to su&&ort all of your e1ui&ments at the same time. = >our Total *ower /eed : 3300

2. Calculating required inverter s capacity

/ow that you know how much &ower is re1uired! it(s easy to get the VA rating of inverter. 'n ideal condition! the VA rating would have been same as the &ower need i.e. 330VA. "ut in &ractical conditions! the &ower factor of 'nverter is less than hence &ower su&&lied by 330VA 'nverter won(t be 3300 but lesser than that. Assuming &ower factor of 'nverter to be 0.8! following are the details of calculation ?e1uired VA of 'nverter ; 0.8 : 3300 = ?e1uired VA of 'nverter : 330/0.8 : 887 VA /ow luckily we have inverters available in the market with 800VA ca&acity! so such inverters will fit into my re1uirement.

!. Calculating "attery capacity

Till now! you will have clear understanding of the 'nverter ca&acity re1uired for your need. "ut the ne+t 1uestion is that how much back u& will the inverter &rovide and for how many hours you can run all of your e1ui&ments. And that(s where battery ca&acity comes into &icture. 't(s the battery which determines the back-u& hours. The higher ca&acity battery you have! the more back-u& hours you(ll get. So lets get into the calculation fast. ?e1uired &ower,in 0attage- ; ?e1uired back-u& hours,in $ours- : 'nverter Voltage,in Voltage; "attery 2a&acity ,in Am&ere $ours%et(s look for an 'nverter which can give back-u& of u& to 4 hours! so for our case 3300 ; 4$ours : 9V ; "attery 2a&acity = "attery 2a&acity : ,330 ; 4-/ 9 : 48 Am&ere $ours So we need a battery of 48A$ ca&acity but if you check the market you(ll find batteries of 40A$ ca&acity. So that should be more or less sufficient for your need.

Conclusion
#inally! we have come to the conclusion that if we go for 800VA 'nverter with 40A$ battery! ' can run 9 Tube lights! 4 #ans! TV and %a&to& for u& to 4 hours. And by the end of this article you don(t need to rely on sellers for understanding your need as you can do the calculations yourself in .ust 4 sim&le ste&s. $o&e this article hel&s you in some way in making the right decisions. %et me know if you need any other in&uts.