Pocket inverters

AKDoug said:

It is unbelievable AC comes either true sine or modified sine, everything coming out of a wall socket is true sine. The equipment used to charge a battery or operate a power supply is designed for (normal) pure sine power. It is the equipment that handles the power conversion that is damaged by modified sine. The computers that tell your battery charger how much to put in, how fast, and tell it when it is done charging, that can be damaged by modified sine. Everything has a computer in it anymore, that's why they call them smart chargers... It is better for charging the batteries because the charging equipment was designed for it. Modified sine is like cheap gas, it works, but has issues down the road.

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psneeld said:

Unbelievable...go back and read post #10...then the string of my posts.

I KNOW what inverters are for and how they work...I'm just trying to figure out how the DC end of things is different so how Lithium ION batteries are charged "BETTER" by a pure sine wave converter as sated in post #10.

"True Sine converters are the ticket for charging Lithium Ion batteries"...

I think the DC output is just the same so why the statement by AKDoug

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FlyWright said:

Here is an unadulterated quote from post 10.

"Many electronic charging devices will only work properly with a true sine wave inverter. Many of the small cheap inverters are modified sine wave and may not work well with your computer."

Either you're misquoting OC Diver from post 10 or OC Diver changed his post. He does not mention "True Sine converters are the ticket for charging Lithium Ion batteries"... Where are you getting this?

There is no such thing as a true sine converter...except maybe in your imagination.

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AKDoug said:

............ The equipment used to charge a battery or operate a power supply is designed for (normal) pure sine power.............

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