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What Size Inverter do I need for Loadshedding?

13 December 2018 By Alan Straton

Straton Solar Inverters for Loadshedding

In order to determine the inverter and battery size required you will need to get that calculator out. For the Inverter Calculation: Decide what appliances you want to power during an outage - normally TV, Beer Fridge, Router, Small LED Bedside Lamp, Laptop Make a note of the Wattage as displayed on the back of each device Add all the Wattage numbers up together The wattage numbers will give you the inverter size - normally 600W is sufficient Battery Size Calculation: … [Read more...] about What Size Inverter do I need for Loadshedding?

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