{"id":54961,"date":"2021-10-18T05:02:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=54961"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T01:43:06","slug":"off-grid-battery-inverters-mb2197","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/off-grid-battery-inverters-mb2197\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing A Battery Inverter For Off-Grid Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"The World&#039;s Best Off-Grid Inverter - And It&#039;s Australian-Made.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nXDt5EUBcVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>See inside the Australian factory producing what&#8217;s widely regarded as the world&#8217;s best off-grid inverters &#8211; Selectronic &#8211; and pick up some valuable tips on battery inverter selection.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This segment is from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sqtv-ep9-off-grid-mb2180\/\"> SolarQuotes TV Episode 9<\/a>; showcasing some of the best examples of off-grid living in Australia &#8211; and the solar, battery and other hardware making a comfortable life without a mains grid connection possible.<\/p>\n<p>Transcript begins \u2014<\/p>\n<p><b>Finn:<\/b> Now, keeping up the theme from recent weeks, I&#8217;m handling over the Solar Tech segment to a pioneering Aussie company that just happens to make what many regard, including me, as the world&#8217;s best off-grid inverter. Over to you Lindsay Hart from Selectronic.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lindsay:<\/b> Selectronic build battery inverters right here in Melbourne. We did our first inverter in 1980, and I&#8217;ve lived off the grid since 1994. So, I guess that makes me a solar nerd.<\/p>\n<p>We empower people&#8217;s lives using our SP Pro battery inverter, which can invert DC to AC, control solar output, battery current and even control an auto-start generator if needed. Our technology can work on the grid or off the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Today we&#8217;ll concentrate off the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Now, off-grid systems &#8211; it&#8217;s an essential service. Do it properly, please. These inverters are bi-directional and have full control over real and reactive current. You add this to the fact that we use a 50 Hertz transformer and they give you a very robust inverter for off-grid.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a couple of things you&#8217;ve got to think about though.<\/p>\n<p>Electrical loads are often complex: resistive, inductive, high inrush requirements.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important you understand the continuous output of your inverter. Don&#8217;t be misled by 30-minute ratings or VA ratings. Look for true continuous output power 24\/7, then go a step further and look at the continuous charging current of the unit.<\/p>\n<p>Then have a look at the peak outputs that it can handle. Will it start that welder? Will it start that big aircon unit? You&#8217;ve got to think about these things for off-grid.<\/p>\n<p>Now, for example, this inverter here is seven and a half kilowatts continuous output power; 11.25 for 30 minutes, and a huge 18 kilowatts peak output for 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s Not Just The Inverter &#8211; Can The Battery Cope?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Lindsay:<\/b> Really important as well is that you make sure the battery can actually supply the current that these big inverter outputs need. This has been a common mistake of last two to three years with some of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/\"> modern batteries<\/a> being deployed.<\/p>\n<p>Now, being a bi-directional inverter, it means we can take power from the battery, excess power from AC coupled solar and power from the generator. AC coupled solar is really good where you&#8217;ve got high daytime loads, very efficient, or you can use DC coupled solar, where you might have more night-time loads.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, my off- grid home is running all the modern appliances: swimming pool, a gas heated spa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/hot-water\/heat-pump\/\">heat pump for hot water<\/a>, rehearsal studio and\u00a0 everything you&#8217;d expect to see in a normal home. And for 27 years, I&#8217;ve not had a problem. Sure, the system has grown, but it still has never let me down.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Transcript ends<\/p>\n<p>Selectronic was established in 1964, originally producing custom made inductors and transformers for the local electronics market. 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