USER’S MANUAL — Please read before using this equipment.
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LEFT
MIDDLE
RIGHT
GROUND NEUTRAL
HOT
g. Ground Terminal.
This connection is for connecting to a 6 gage insulated ground wire. Do not
directly connect this ground connection to the Negative DC terminal. This is
described in the installation procedure.
2.2 Rear Panel
a. High-Speed Cooling Fans/ Ventilation Windows
The fans automatically operate when the internal temperature of the inverter
requires
cooling. Always allow free air flow – do not block the vents.
b. Four Positive (+) DC Input Terminals, Four Negative DC (-) Input
Terminals.
All Negative (-) and Positive (+) DC terminals should be kept insulated to
protect
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from accidental short circuits. Cable “boot” insulators are supplied that will cover
the cable and terminal. If any positive (+) DC terminals are not used they should
also be kept covered. All Positive DC terminals are connected together inside the
inverter. All Negative DC terminals are connected together inside the inverter and
connected to the chassis. It does not matter which Positive DC terminals are used.
Similarly any negative DC terminal can be used.
Multiple DC terminal sets allow one to four sets of battery cables to be connected
to the inverter. This allows multiple, more readably available flexible cables to be
attached to the inverter.
3.0 POWER INVERTER OUTPUT WAVEFORM
This inverter’s AC output is a Modified Sine Wave (MSW) 115 volts AC. The
comparison of Modified Sine Wave and household sine wave is shown below.
This modified sine wave has a root mean square (RMS) voltage of 115 Volts.
Most ordinary AC voltmeters are calibrated to read “average” voltage and assume
that the AC waveform will be a pure sine wave. These meters will not correctly
read MSW voltage, and will display about 20 to 30 volts too low. Any multi-
meter identified as "TRUE RMS" will accurately read MSW correctly.
