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Know How to Select a Home Inverter Priced Affordably

Author: Genus Sharma
by Genus Sharma
Posted: Dec 21, 2020

Are you looking to buy a new inverter for your home? If yes, you need to understand what is it that your home reallyneeds. The power requirement at your home may be very different from your relatives or your neighbors. So, instead of blindly installing the same home inverter or just any home inverter priced reasonably, you need to actually assess your requirements.

Here, we will begin from the start and help you understand the basics of choosing an inverter for your home. Let’s begin.

1. Assess Your Power Requirement

This is the most important thing to know before going out to purchase a home inverter. Your power requirement implies all the electrical appliances that you wish to run in your home during a power failure. This may include television, fan, tube lights, etc. Total power requirement is calculated as the sum total of power needed by different electrical equipment.

For instance, you need 1 tube light, 1 fan, 1 TV, and 1 CFL

2 tube light = 2 *60 watts

2 fan = 2 *70 watts

1 TV = 100 watts

1 CFL = 30 watts

Total power requirement: 120+140+100+30 = 390 watts

2. Identify the VA Rating of the Inverter You Need

VA stands for Volt ampere. It is the current and voltage supplied by the inverter to the different equipment in your house. When an inverter operates at 100% efficiency rate, then the power requirement of the electricals and the power supplied by the inverter match. However, 100% efficiency does not really exist in real-life scenarios.

Consequently, most inverters only range from 60% to 80%. This efficiency is also called the power factor of an inverter. In simple words, it can be understood as the ratio of power required by the appliances to power supplied by the home inverter. Many times, the home inverter price also depends on this power factor rate.

So, Power Supplied (VA) = Power Requirement / Power factor

Let’s assume the power factor of the inverter is 0.7

VA = 390/ 0.7 = 557 VA

3. Know the Battery Your Inverter Needs

The battery is the most vital component of an inverter. The lifespan and performance of an inverter greatly depend on the quality of the battery. Most people opt for a low home inverter price and compromise on the battery. But this should never be the case.

The battery capacity is the next big thing that you need to determine. The battery capacity decides the number of backup hours, i.e. for how many hours will the inverter run all of the equipment. It is expressed in Ampere hours.

In the market, you can easily find inverters with battery capacities of 100 Ah, 150Ah, 180Ah, etc. To decide what is best for your requirements, you need to do this reverse calculation.

Battery Capacity = Power Requirement * Back Up Hours / Battery Voltage

By understanding these simple calculations, you can save yourself from any ambiguous information provided by the inverter selling company and help you choose the best home inverter price and type.

About the Author

We manufacture and sell many energy devices such as inverter, Genus solar inverter, tubular battery, solar inverter battery, solar panel, pure sine wave inverter, etc.

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  • Guest  -  3 years ago

    A perfect blog to help us know How to Select a Home Inverter Priced Affordably! Thank You

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