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inverter
Sign in to saveAlso known as power inverter, invertor, DC-to-AC converter, power invertor, DC-AC converter, DC–AC converter, DC/AC Inverters
electronic device or circuitry that converts direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC)
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- electric power converter
- Image
- Inverter Fronius = Sunways NT 6000-01ASD.jpg
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- different from
- alternator
- has effect
- electric power conversion
- opposite of
- rectifier
- Commons category
- DC/AC inverters
- uses
- direct current
- product or material produced
- alternating current
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Encyclopedic overview
An inverter on a free-standing solar plant Inverter designed to provide 115 V AC from the 12 V DC source provided in an automobile. The unit shown provides up to 1.2 amperes of alternating current, or enough to power two 60 W light bulbs.
A power inverter, inverter, or invertor is a power electronic device or circuitry that changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC). The resulting AC frequency obtained depends on the particular device employed. Inverters do the opposite of rectifiers which were originally large electromechanical devices converting AC to DC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “inverter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.