Energy Saving Devise [RE-wrenches]

[Bill Brooks]

Carl,

Was the reduction in current consumption on the refrigerator side of the
power planner, or the inverter side. That heat that built up in the unit,
wasn't free. We can get wacky interactions with our voltage source inverters
that are very unpredictable with these "saving" devices. All such devices
must be thoroughly tested on the inverter (inverter load not device load) in
use before they should ever be used to "save energy."

Bill.


-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Hansen [mailto:Solarwks at aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:32 PM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Energy Saving Devise [RE-wrenches]


A client of mine had the 10amp Power Planner from Home Depot.  He used it on
his Conserve refrigerator that was powered off of a Trace Modsine inverter.
He said he saw a 15% drop in current consumption, but the Power Planner ran
real hot and smelled like it was about to self-destruct when the battery
volts where at or around bulk, so he discontinued its use.
                                               Carl Hansen

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