DIY OG Solar install

[lexity]

That is its specs the throughput is 2000w ie it can transform from dc to ac to meet a load of 2000w sure it can handle surges for short periods that you will find elsewhere in it manual

if it can't handle the 2000w sustained and can just handle 1000w sustained

Then it should be labeled as a 1000w inverter with surge to 2000w

So the specs of inverters tell us all that we need to know

Well, not so far is that holding up, for me.

If you think of the inverter rating as a volume of water flowing through a pipe consistent with the diameter of that pipe, then it only makes sense to state the volume over time e.g. liters per minute or hour at such and such a pressure.

What good is a pipe at '30 liters'? It's meaningless without the 'per hour/minute'.

 

[Speedster]

Well, not so far is that holding up, for me.

If you think of the inverter rating as a volume of water flowing through a pipe consistent with the diameter of that pipe, then it only makes sense to state the volume over time e.g. liters per minute or hour at such and such a pressure.

What good is a pipe at '30 liters'? It's meaningless without the 'per hour/minute'.

Ai ai ai. A watt is a rate. We could always use joules if you prefer. A 5kw inverter is a 5000 Joule per second inverter. Better?

 

[leon.davibe]

Well, not so far is that holding up, for me.

If you think of the inverter rating as a volume of water flowing through a pipe consistent with the diameter of that pipe, then it only makes sense to state the volume over time e.g. liters per minute or hour at such and such a pressure.

What good is a pipe at '30 liters'? It's meaningless without the 'per hour/minute'.

Exactly the hours is that portion

(No losses examples)

The battery doesn't have 1000w stored , it was fully charged by applying 1000w/1kw for an hour long or combined into one term

Charged 1kwh

so now you can choose how you extract that, ie you can extract 1kw for an hour(1kwh) or 100w for 10hrs (10x0.1kwh=1kwh)

 

[Pegging]

I don't see why the inverter is not a per hour rating. Just like I still don't see why the storage is a per hour rating.

Storage is storage. Transport/transfer (at a particular rate) is something else. To my mind, at least.

The inverter is like your penis. It measures how hard you can get.

The battery is how long you can stay that hard.

 

[leon.davibe]

The inverter is like your penis. It measures how hard you can get.

The battery is how long you can stay that hard.

Instructions unclear

Should i go see a doctor if i can pull through 4hrs shedding or not

 

[Pegging]

Instructions unclear

Should i go see a doctor if i can pull through 4hrs shedding or not

If you can get up to 3 inches and go for 2 minutes, you’re good,

 

[Jehosefat]

I don't see why the inverter is not a per hour rating. Just like I still don't see why the storage is a per hour rating.

Storage is storage. Transport/transfer (at a particular rate) is something else. To my mind, at least.

The inverter is a "per time" rating. A 5kw inverter means it can supply output energy at 5000 Joules per second (since a Watt is defined as 1 Joule per second) and it can maintain this rate indefinitely. The storage is defined in terms of kwh (which are equivalent to Joules: 1kwh = 1000 Joules / second * 3600 seconds = 3600000 Joules).

kwh is not an SI unit like the Joule but it's convenient for use in electrical installations (and is equivalent).