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Subject:inverters (was RE: 87 Vanagon: 3rd choice for gauge)
From:Dirk Wright
Date:Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:13:47 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Mark McCulley wrote:
> The only problem I've had was when I temporarily put my computer speaker 
> system in the van to see how the subwoofer sounded. The noise generated by 
> the square wave output of the inverter was quite audible through the 
> speakers. You have to pay major major dollars to get an inverter with a 
> nice rounded sine wave output.

Square wave output is fine for electronics that have swithcing power 
supplies, like computers. They don't work fine for linear type power 
supplies, as found in most hifi's and radios.

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Dirk Wright 						       wright@uspto.gov
"I speak for myself and not my employer"                   1974 Porsche 914 2.0
"A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns"
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