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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.
Post Subject: It worksPosted by rickmcinnis on: 8/15/2022
That's much more than I am able to spend!
All of the stuff came in yesterday so I spent an arduous day having to rewire my system.
I had been using a 2000VA isolation transformer for each channel. All that was connected to the two transformers are now powered by the inverter.
The inverter is larger than I imagined it would be. The batteries are heavy and bulky as one would expect of SGM batteries.
Got it working about eight o'clock. The first few minutes were dedicated to IT WORKS. Then I tried to relax and listen for the things I was worried it might do - like limit dynamics. This is not the case. There is a greater sense of front to back spaciousness. Cymbals and bells sound more like metal and less like compressed air. Not that this was revelatory. The system did respectably before.
It will take much more listening to favorite records to get the full measure of the thing.
The power meter shows it is producing 640 watts at 120 volts. There is a flicker of plus minus 1 volts AC voltage. I thought the power usage was going to be much more than that. I guess it is loafing along. The case got warm but the fan never turned on.
I do not hear any funny noises either from the inverter or from my speakers.
So far I think it is a success. Much more time needed to be sure. Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site