I am wondering what is meant when it is stated that the inverters are stacked?
I know it is not one mounted on top of the other.
I am assuming that they are both wired to the same curcit?
Please excuse my stupidity.
Bob
Just like honda inverter generators, with some extra control lines, some kinds of inverters can be hooked together in parallel, "stacked" to get more power from a multiple bank of lower powered inverters...
There is so much terminology today that is foriegn, remember when a cat played with a "mouse", when stacked meant a lady looked like the front of a Caddy?
To publicly annouce that you do know something is a sign of strong self esteem and high intellegence, not stupidity. Jim
In my Trace manual stacking refers to wiring two inverters to achieve two 120 volt legs on opposite phases, ie. to give you a 240 volt circuit. Good question.
David
Some of these units are capable of parallel or serial stacking, IIRC. Trace SW4024 comes to mind as one of these.
For what it's worth.
Tom Caffrey
Just be sure that they are indeed stackable. There is usually a control lead between the units. You cannot parallel any two inverters that are not designed for it.
To simplify- stacking is an electronic control that will synchronize two inverters to work as one-to keep the 60 cycles of AC in synch between the two. Then they think as one and you double your output-but also double the need for more batteries. I have seen as many as 16 8D batteries being used to power a bus-that's almost 2500lb of batteries. Then you have to charge them up again. Personally-use the inverter for convenience items, not for primary electricity. Have 2-4 8D's, or 4-8 6volt batteries, use a single inverter for convenience items (like microwave, coffee maker, TV, Stereo, etc) and for your primary electricals, use the generator. It'll weigh alot less-considering a 12kw genset weighs about 650lb and 4 8D's weigh about 600lb. Good Luck, TomC
My,Traces are stacked for 220 volt dumb to install a European type cook top but I am not the cook,Marathon uses 2 4000w stacked inverters with 6 4-D batteries
Thanks that help me understand a lot of what i have been reading here.
Bob