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Volume 24
Number 4
February 15, 1998

7 Inverters Tested: Ace is Statpower

If the prospect of consistently available 120-volt AC power on your boat sounds enticing, you might be in the market for an inverter. An inverter is a device that acts something like a battery charger in reverse, converting 12-volt DC power to usable AC power in a two-step process. The first is the conversion of direct current to alternating current, the second the adjustment of the AC to the required voltage. The reference to 120 volts is actually an average called RMS, or root mean squared, used for making power comparisons between AC and DC: 120 volts AC is roughly equivalent to 120 volts DC in terms of the work…

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