Hi everyone.
I'm hoping to get some assistance.
I'm in the process of setting up my electric mower to be a RC solar powered mower.
The mower is AC power in Australia, which is 240v. The mower is Ozito Model LMW 101 rated at 1100 watts continuous. I asked the mower company and they wrote back with "power factor is approx. 0.9 so that would mean the surge draw on startup would be approx. 2100W"
Mower works fine on AC mains. I've not modified it in any way (yet).
So, I've attached a car battery, fully charged to a 1500 watt continuous (3000 watt surge) DC to AC inverter. I originally got a Modified Sine Wave inverter. This one didn't work, it seemed to start the motor spin, then stop, a second or so later, repeat. I thought that either the watts were full of crap (it works with less power hungry power tools) or that the modified sine wave was not working with the mower.
I now have a pure sine wave inverter (as I'm told), this one:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1500W-3...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
and again the same issue.
It's got a pretty big capacitor in it, shown in photo.
CBB60 16 uf
I don't understand, am i doing something wrong? I don't understand why it's not powering this mower easily.
Any ideas or corrections on my logic/actions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I'm hoping to get some assistance.
I'm in the process of setting up my electric mower to be a RC solar powered mower.
The mower is AC power in Australia, which is 240v. The mower is Ozito Model LMW 101 rated at 1100 watts continuous. I asked the mower company and they wrote back with "power factor is approx. 0.9 so that would mean the surge draw on startup would be approx. 2100W"
Mower works fine on AC mains. I've not modified it in any way (yet).
So, I've attached a car battery, fully charged to a 1500 watt continuous (3000 watt surge) DC to AC inverter. I originally got a Modified Sine Wave inverter. This one didn't work, it seemed to start the motor spin, then stop, a second or so later, repeat. I thought that either the watts were full of crap (it works with less power hungry power tools) or that the modified sine wave was not working with the mower.
I now have a pure sine wave inverter (as I'm told), this one:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1500W-3...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
and again the same issue.
It's got a pretty big capacitor in it, shown in photo.
CBB60 16 uf
I don't understand, am i doing something wrong? I don't understand why it's not powering this mower easily.
Any ideas or corrections on my logic/actions would be appreciated.
Thanks.