It’s ridiculously easy to lay hands on a cheap DC-to-AC inverter these days. They’re in just about every discount or variety store and let you magically plug in mains powered devices where no ...

Still other inverter caveats are worth considering. For instance, we used a fully charged, spare car battery to run a refrigerator for roughly six hours before the battery ran down. But unless you ...

The Bluetting AC500 Portable Power Backup System is a powerful, modular energy solution designed for both home backup and off ...

Building a crystal clock source for a CPU used to be a bit of an effort but ... you just slap in an inverter, a crystal, and two capacitors together, and you are done, right?

In some applications, string inverters are equipped with module-level power electronics (MLPE) called DC optimizers. Microinverters and DC optimizers are generally used for roofs with shading ...

While solar panels play an important role in a home solar system, other components are also needed to produce clean energy — including solar inverters. A solar inverter is an electronic device ...

Solar inverters are a necessary, but often forgotten part of a home solar panel system since they convert sunlight into usable electricity for your home appliances. Without a solar inverter ...

Alex Carver is a writer and researcher based in Charlotte, N.C. A contributor to major news websites such as Automoblog and USA Today, she’s written content in sectors such as insurance ...

Buying a used car need not be a minefield if you know what the pitfalls are and how to avoid them. We think finding your next car should be an enjoyable and simple experience. There are two golden ...

Westinghouse’s iGen4500 inverter generator is both a high-tech and high-functioning model. It offers a variety of power ports, including a 30A, two 20A, and two USB. In our tests, we used it to ...

Cybersecurity guidelines for smart inverters used in small-scale solar deployments are available in draft form from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST observes that ...

The proverbial "heart" of the system is a component called the solar inverter, which is the part of the setup that converts the energy from sunlight into electricity that your home and appliances ...