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Posted by squareone on 6 April 2007 at 21:23

Can I run a 24′ inch cutter off an inverter or a generator. I called the manufacturer of the plotter and they don’t seem to know which way is up.

Any advice would be great

Thanks,
-Rich

leerees replied 16 years, 7 months ago 7 Members · 10 Replies
10 Replies

Hugh Potter

Member
6 April 2007 at 21:26

i sometimes take my summa d60 to the drag track for some of the bigger events, i run it, and my laptop, from a 1200w invertor, simply connects to the battery, usually start the vehicle for twenty mins every couple of hours to charge the battery a bit, only once flattened it !

ps, i went the invertor route because, as good and reliable as generators are, they still spike and lull and i didnt want to risk damaging either tha laptop or the cutter, i simply don’t trust the regulators etc on them !
Kevin Flowers

Member
6 April 2007 at 21:31

Rich
i wouldn’t run it from a generator because of electrical spikes, however it should be ok from an inverter as its pure sine wave. But check with the inverter supplier as even inverters can have problems with certain kit.

Kev
squareone

Member
6 April 2007 at 21:40

quote :

i wouldn’t run it from a generator because of electrical spikes, however it should be ok from an inverter as its pure sine wave. But check with the inverter supplier as even inverters can have problems with certain kit.

Well the only reason i thought maybe a generator, is because the manufacture told me an inverter would not work. The woman said something about a generator and then when i called back and said it would not work.
I figured i would have better luck in here, if i found someone who had already tried it

Thanks Huge, but how did find out which inverter was best for your plotter

Thanks
-Rich
squareone

Member
6 April 2007 at 22:10

what do you all think about one of these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-Jump … otohosting
Kevin Flowers

Member
6 April 2007 at 22:21

Rich
thats not an inverter its a jump start booster for a car, check the link out

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-4000W-MAX-200 … dZViewItem

You need to work out the total wattage of your computer & cutter to know what size inverter you will need, add a safety margin of 50%.

Kev
Phill Fenton

Member
6 April 2007 at 22:43

I would just get a really long extension lead and plug it into the nearest mains socket you can find 😕
squareone

Member
7 April 2007 at 00:51

quote :

thats not an inverter its a jump start booster for a car, check the link out

I know I was wondering if ya’ll thought it would work :lol1:

My father used one on his boat trolling motor all day…. notice it has a plug in socket
Andrew Boyle

Member
7 April 2007 at 00:56

quote Phill:

I would just get a really long extension lead and plug it into the nearest mains socket you can find 😕

Phantastic…..but phuckin’ useless 😀
LeeMorris

Member
7 April 2007 at 08:27

you can buy them from here http://www.m-99.co.uk

Lee
leerees

Member
1 June 2009 at 08:43

Yes an inverter will work, we run a small cutter and a laptop from an inverter. It is a godsend being able to cut on the road.