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Subject:Re: 110 volt power inverter
From:Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Date:Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:12:00 -0700 (PDT)

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>> or 110 VAC (330 Hz) @ 150 W
>
>So why is everybody so afraid of this 330Hz? I agree, don't test it
>on your laptop (to expensive experiment), (and stay away from that 650V 
DC),
>but I don't see why feeding a standard E or ring core transformer 330Hz
>instead of 50 or 60 would be such a big deal. Sure, lossess due to 
hysteresis
>would be slightly higher, but the risk of saturating the core would
>be less. I have used standard power supply E-core transformers up
>to several kHz without any problem.
>
>(Flamesuit on)

Better lend your flamesuit to the guy with the inverter for his first few 
tries at using it.