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Tips - Modified vs True Sinewave Inverter on a Boat

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[Music]  hi Jeff Cote here with Pacific yacht  systems what we're gonna be talking  about next is what's the real difference  between my old existing inverter charger  and the new ones that are offered and  why should I change or why should I care  well there's actually been a lot of  innovation that have happened over the  last few years on inverters and the main  one is especially if you have a modified  sine wave inverter on your boat which is  something that might look like this this  was a very popular unit most boats ended  up having something like that from  freedom marine and what is that unit I  mean it's a good inverter charger and at  the time of his day it was really the  best but at the end what is it it's a  modified sine-wave an inverter and  what's the main difference between a  modified sine wave inverter and a sine  wave inverter is that a modified sine  wave inverter is really okay at running  inductive loads and is good at running  resistive lobes a modern sine wave  inverter does both really well so what  are inductive loads why and why should I  care conductive loads are for example  your Nespresso machine a microwave a TV  a sound system it could be anything that  is modern that is non resistive a  resistive load is a toaster a heater  heating element so when you think about  the types of appliances that you want to  run off your inverter most of us as  voters are actually wanting to run what  are called inductive loads and so that's  a big difference is that you're in true  sine wave inverter is going to run those  loads a lot more efficiently the other  big difference between a modified sine  wave inverter and a true sine wave  inverter like this is that the  inefficiency between for converting AC  or DC to AC is substantially less  efficient on this unit than this unit  it's almost this is almost 35%  inefficient versus this one is between  five and ten percent  inefficient so you've got a lot of gains  in terms of modifying your inverter  charger from a modified sine wave  inverter to a true sine wave inverter  and the last thing you've got to ask  yourself as a boater is how long have I  own that inverter charger or is that  inverter charger been on my boat and  think about what critical role it plays  on your boat because not only is it  likely just an inverter it's also a  charger and if you lose that piece of  electronic equipment you're not only  losing the convenience of running AC  loads on your boat but you're also  losing the ability of recharging your  batteries and what I always remind  boaters is these devices generally never  fail at the dock when you're not using  your boat they're gonna be failing when  you're out boating we change a lot more  inverter Chargers in the summer months  when voters are actually using their  boats than in the winter so if you're  considering about changing an inverter  charger definitely go with a true sine  wave modern inverter charger like this  one right here or this one right here  where you're gonna actually have high  efficiency and low power draw if you've  got further questions on if what  inverter charger is right for you  contact us at pacific yacht systems and  thanks for watching    

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