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amigoatul

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Hi guys. Need ur help in buying an inverter for my home. Im a total noob when it comes to inverters. So need all the advice i can get before i purchase one. Any brands i shud look for and wats the price gonna be/
I live in Hyderabad in a 3 bedroom flat. So could u pls suggest any shops i shud go to?

The inverter shud be able to run a couple of fans and a lights. Also excuse me for my ignorance but can we expect to run an AC with the inverter during a power cut? If so wats it gonna cost compared to a normal inverter?
Pls help guys. Need to buy one ASAP.
 
If you are looking for normal inverters (which can't run A.Cs), try numeric. Pretty trusted, and decent service too. I've been using a generic inverter for the past 4 years, but planning to shift to numeric soon.

A decent inverter battery should cost around 9-10k so you can get the whole thing for under 15k
 
I would suggest a SuKam Pure Sine Wave Inverter.... A pretty good investment in a longer time.... For running AC's with sufficient backup the price of inverter setup would run into lakhs' so would not recommend it...

Get the 800VA model. Its good enough for your needs & you can also run a TV & computer additionally without much fuss....
 
Thanks a lot for ur suggestions. So if i go for the Sukam 800VA pure sine wave inverter, how much is it gonna cost me? Also which battery brand shud i go for and wats its price?
 
amigoatul said:
Thanks a lot for ur suggestions. So if i go for the Sukam 800VA pure sine wave inverter, how much is it gonna cost me? Also which battery brand shud i go for and wats its price?
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It should cost you ~ 5.5-6 k... don't know the exact price though. This was the price last I checked.. Battery depending on your budget you can get the plain inverter battery from Base Terminal (Panasonic), Exide, Amaron or any of the reputed brand... if you are not on a budget then you can get those tubular batteries from Exide which have high life..

Amaron also makes maintenance free batteries for inverters but they are pretty expensive... Check locally...

Batteries come in different capacities... More the capacity more backup it can give you on your load... Calculate the backup you need... How much time the inverter would be running on batteries... then depending on your budget & need you can choose a capacity...

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Thanks racy1 for all ur valuable suggestions. I went to a store selling inverters today. The guy had Microtek, Hyundai and Sukam brands. He suggested me to go for the Hyundai 800VA for my needs as Sukam didnt have good after sales service and i personally dint wanna go for Microtek. He quoted its price(Hyundai) at 5.2k and its Hyundai battery, a 160A one at 7.8k which is apparently tubular and a trolley for Rs.850 to keep all this shit together but im not sure abt the quality or performance of these Hyundai inverters n batteries. And does the pricing sound alrite or is he quoting more than the usual. So any opinions abt the same? Also wud u recommend it if i went for the either a Hyundai or a Sukam inverter with a good tubular battery like the ones frm Exide or Amaron or any other brand. The budget is not a problem as i can spend upto 20k - 25k for the inverter setup. I basically need the need the inverter to run 2/3 tubelights and 2/3 fans and a TV in my home. Also how abt the APC inverters? Are they better than the other brands i mentioned earlier coz the store guy told me that their service was poor and ive also come across some bad user experiences on online forums.

Sorry abt asking so many questions. I want to make sure i make the right purchase as im a complete noob abt inverters.....So in short wat i need is an Inverter that wont give me too much trouble, is easy to operate without any noise or smoke issues with a safe and maintenance free battery if its not outta my budget. Thanks again.
 
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The budget is not a problem as i can spend upto 20k - 25k for the inverter setup. Also how abt the APC inverters? Are they better than the other brands i mentioned earlier coz the store guy told me that their service was poor and ive also come across some bad user experiences on online forums.
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well if u have a budget of 25k then u can happly go for a APV 1000va model with 2x80ah tubular batteries,apc has one of the best service.
 
Got Sukam fitted at my parents home for 4.1k + 9.2k 1500 VA battery 2months back.

I have been using Sukam for a year and no issue so far.

However please dont run AC/Iron/Electric motor from it, its not meant for that.

~LT
 
amigoatul said:
Thanks for ur reply. But looking at the reviews on the following link makes me not wanna go for APC.

APC INVERTER Reviews - MouthShut.com

Wats the best thing to do here?
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The Hyundai Inverter you are getting is most probably a DIGITAL inverter & not the Pure Sine Wave Inverter... Insist on latter & you will not regret it in future... Also I don't know if Hyundai makes anything other than DIGITAL (Sq Wave)....

Why are you apprehensive about Microtek :huh: I am running Microtek Pure Sine Wave in my house & its good enough (1.5 years old)... But if you have reservations than I will not insist....

SuKam is preferred mostly 'coz its economical & of good quality.... I cannot comment on service but do speak with other dealers as well to get an idea.... its easily available & I think company should have good service network...

APC does not make any Pure Sinewave that I've heard of... Don't know their current lineup but they are mostly of good quality...

if you have budget of upto 25k then you can get Amaron Maintenance free batteries as well... They require no top-up. :hap2:
 
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The Hyundai Inverter you are getting is most probably a DIGITAL inverter & not the Pure Sine Wave Inverter... Insist on latter & you will not regret it in future...
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The reason pure sine wave is recommended is if you run any electronics off it, they usually expect a sine wave from the mains.

Square waves will screw up the power units of basic electronic appliances. PCs are different as the PSU can handle square waves.

Fans & lights don't care too much.

I'm also in the market for an inverter as the power cuts in Blr are getting to be annoying, at least a cpl of hours daily. Of course its unpredictable as they cant tell when the limit will get reached :(

I remember seeing an inverter at a friend's place that was just a cube, maybe 2ftx2ftx1ft all self contained, and got quite attracted but forget to ask what brand it was. Anyone know offhand what it could be. He said it could run 16 lights for about 3-4 hrs.

I plan to keep the APC UPS i have and run it off the inverter. Not sure how quick they react compared to a UPS.
 
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I remember seeing an inverter at a friend's place that was just a cube, maybe 2ftx2ftx1ft all self contained, and got quite attracted but forget to ask what brand it was. Anyone know offhand what it could be. He said it could run 16 lights for about 3-4 hrs.

I plan to keep the APC UPS i have and run it off the inverter. Not sure how quick they react compared to a UPS.
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well i belive u saw the enclosure that contain the ups battery which is also the shaper of the invertor,the APC enclosure costs about 750 for the plastic one and about 2000 or so for the steel one.
 
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But APC does not do sine wave inverters or so i understand from this thread.
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no except one particular model BR1000 its a 1000va model pure sine wave the invertor costs about 7k and change but what is expensive are 2x12v batteries that it requires make the total come to around 25k.
 
That's a pretty steep difference isn't it compared to the other suggestions made. My understanding is that APC manufactures a lot of their products locally (even for export abroad). The parts made in China, sent here for assembly, testing etc.

So the question is how do local competitors manage to get the job done for so cheap and can one trust them ?

Give you say its just the batteries it seems that is the only reason for the steep price.
 
blr_p said:
That's a pretty steep difference isn't it compared to the other suggestions made. My understanding is that APC manufactures a lot of their products locally (even for export abroad). The parts made in China, sent here for assembly, testing etc.

So the question is how do local competitors manage to get the job done for so cheap and can one trust them ?

Give you say its just the batteries it seems that is the only reason for the steep price.
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well even the apc 800va models cost 5k just like other ,only thing is its square wave just like a typical APC ups except for the expensive smart series.

well i lost my trust in local manufacture like wipro and another local brand ups ,my first ups was from wipro and it functioned well for about a week and then occasionaly it used to fail to give back up ,even the replacement ups did the same thing.the only reason i bought wipro was it was cheaper then apc,but i gave the wipro back and got my money back,and then bought a apc which even after 6 years is working flawlessly.but one of friend bought a well know local brand but after some few months again failed to give back up,so after seeing all these will i buy some local brand ,hell no.

the reason why the apc 1000va is so expensive is because it uses 2 batteries unlike its competitors which uses 1.if u compare a 800va apc its not much more expensive then local ones,with the price premium u get good support thats why corporate companies use apc.
 
Alrite ppl. I bought the APC 800VA inverter yesterday. So i hope it wont give me too much trouble. Looks like its working alrite at the moment. Cost me 15.4k here in Hyd pls 400 bucks installation charges + 250 bucks for the wiring. Thanks again for all ur helpful suggestions.
 
I am using luminous Sinewave ups for past 4 months . From killer looks to the pricing every thing about this product is fantastic . Earlier i was an assembled inverter but it stop working due to malfunctioning . So my humble request to you all is always trust on experts just like luminous power technologies .Sinewave Ups comes in 600, 800, 1500 va capacities
 
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