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    <p>That's about what to expect from the Psuedo Sine Wave that the
      SWs put out.  They shortened the list of problem appliances
      significantly compared to "mod sine", but its a stepped pyramid
      wave.  Later inverters (Outback, Magnum) were step waves too, but
      just more steps, which translates to less trouble.  </p>
    <p><img
        src="http://www.solarray.com/Images/ImagesTGuides/Stepped%20Wave.png"></p>
    <p>Trace SW waveform<br>
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    <p>I have cured the "washer not running on the SW" once, by adding a
      capacitor to the circuit.  I can't recommend it 100% from a safety
      stand point, but it worked for us. Some body else chime in on the
      possible dangers?  Cap blowing, fires, shorts?  Definitely needs
      to be in a metal enclosure.<br>
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    <p>I think its either get a different washer or get a different
      inverter. At 22+ years, its slowly reaching the time to retire
      those old SWs.  <br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Ray Walters
Remote Solar
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/8/23 2:53 PM, Dave Angelini
      Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches wrote:<br>
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      <div id="signature">I would do a load test on the inverter. It may
        have a damaged FET or two. They do not last forever! Good Luck<br>
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        <pre><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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      <p id="reply-intro">On 2023-09-08 12:30 pm, Darryl Thayer via
        RE-wrenches wrote:</p>
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          <div dir="auto">New washing machines are small loads 400 Watts
            about.</div>
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            <div class="v1gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 8, 2023,
              2:27 PM Darryl Thayer <<a
                href="mailto:darylsolar1@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer"
                moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">darylsolar1@gmail.com</a>>
              wrote:</div>
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              border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">
              <div dir="auto">I once used a ferro-resonant transformer
                to clean up a sine wave.  You have to know the power.</div>
              <br>
              <div class="v1gmail_quote">
                <div class="v1gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 8, 2023,
                  1:59 PM Chris Daum via RE-wrenches <<a
                    href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org"
                    rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
                  wrote:</div>
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                      <p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
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                            style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Hi folks:</span></span></p>
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                          Calibri; font-size: small;"><span
                            style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></p>
                      <p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
                          Calibri; font-size: small;"><span
                            style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I have a fellow
                            with a Trace SW5548, purchased from us in
                            2001.<span>  </span>It's been working<span> 
                            </span>great for him all this time, but the
                            dilemma is he's gotten a new Hotpoint
                            washing machine, and its electronics don't
                            like the old inverter.<span>  </span>Is
                            there some sort of power conditioner or
                            'line tamer' available that will work for
                            this appliance's operation?<span>  </span>Any
                            ideas would be greatly appreciated.<span>  </span>He's
                            rather loathe to replace his inverter if he
                            doesn't need to.<span>  </span></span></span></p>
                      <p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
                          Calibri; font-size: small;"><span
                            style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></p>
                      <p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
                          Calibri; font-size: small;"><span
                            style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Best,</span></span></p>
                      <p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
                          Calibri; font-size: small;"><span
                            style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></p>
                      <p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:
                          small;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Chris
                            Daum</span></span></p>
                      <p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:
                          small;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Oasis
                            Montana Inc.</span></span></p>
                      <p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:
                          small;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">406-777-4309
                            or 4321</span></span></p>
                      <p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:
                          small;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">406-777-4309
                            fax</span></span></p>
                      <p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:
                          small;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a
                              href="http://www.oasismontana.com/"
                              target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
                              moz-do-not-send="true">www.oasismontana.com</a>
                          </span></span></p>
                      <p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
                          Calibri; font-size: small;"><span
                            style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></p>
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