What Does a Power Inverter Do in a Car?

Drive to the edge of town. More and more people are choosing to go camping in their Jeeps.

A good camping experience cannot be achieved without a Jeep that can supply power, and a car inverter can achieve DC to AC conversion.

So how should we choose a power inverter for our Jeep? Carspa will explain to you:

What is the use of power inverter?

For drivers who start up and go camping, they need to use computers, rice cookers, microwave ovens, kettle and other appliances directly. 

These appliances can be realized by means of on-board inverters, which convert the on-board current 24V DC to 220V AC through inverters.

What are the three types of power inverters?

Power inverters can be divided into three categories: square wave power inverter, pure sine wave power inverter and modified sine wave power inverter. 

1. Square wave power inverter

The square wave power inverter outputs square wave alternating current with poor quality. 

Its maximum positive and maximum negative values are almost generated at the same time, which will cause severe instability to the load and the inverter itself. 

In short, the load is poor, the stability is not good, and the perceptual load cannot be carried, and the market is gradually being withdrawn.

2. Pure sine wave power inverter

The pure sine wave power inverter outputs the same or even better sine wave alternating current as the power grid we use daily, and there is no electromagnetic pollution in the power grid. 

Wide application range, strong load capacity and excellent stability. It can provide the same AC power as ordinary household. Under the condition of satisfying the power, it can drive almost any kind of electrical appliances. However, the price is too high to be popularized in the market.

3. Modified sine wave power inverter

In view of the above shortcomings, the modified sine wave power inverter is born according to the potential.

Its appearance solves the problems of poor load capacity of square wave inverter and expensive price of sine wave inverter. The output waveform has a time interval from the positive maximum value to the negative maximum value, and the use effect is improved. 

However, strictly speaking, the modified wave still belongs to the category of square wave, and there is a certain gap between it and the pure sine wave in all aspects.