A grid tie inverter works quite like a conventional inverter, however the power output from such inverter is fed and tied with the AC mains from the utility grid supply. As long as the mains AC supply is present, the inverter contributes its power to the existing grid mains supply, and stops the process when […]
Inverter Circuits
2 Cool 50 Watt Inverter Circuits for Students and Hobbyists
A 50 watt inverter circuit might look quite trivial, but it can serve some useful purposes to you. When outdoors, this small power house can be used for operating small electronic gadgets, soldering iron, table top radios, incandescent lights, fans etc. Let’s learn 2 homemade 50 watt inverter circuit designs, beginning with a brief description […]
2 Easy Automatic Inverter/Mains AC Changeover Circuits
I have been put forth with this question many times in this blog, how do we add a changeover selector switch for automatically toggling of an inverter when AC mains is present and vice versa. And also the system must enable automatic switching of the battery charger such that when AC mains is present the […]
Low Battery and Overload Protection Circuit for Inverters
A very simple low battery cut-off and overload protection circuit has been explained here. The figure shows a very simple circuit set up which performs the function of an overload sensor and also as an under voltage detector. In both the cases the circuit trips the relay for protecting the output under the above conditions. […]
Make This 1KVA (1000 watts) Pure Sine Wave Inverter Circuit
A relatively simple 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter circuit is explained here using a signal amplifier and a power transformer. As can be seen in the first diagram below, the configuration is a simple mosfet based designed for amplifying current at +/-60 volts such that the connected transformer corresponds to generate the required 1kva […]
Transformerless UPS Circuit for Computers (CPU)
In this post I have explained how to build a simple UPS circuit for backing up computers or PCs during sudden power failures or brownouts. Introduction Normally when we talk about uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) we imagine large inverter units with complex features, where it imperatively needs to be a pure sine wave type. Such […]