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  1. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    Thanks all for the further replies/suggestions - as I mentioned early on in the discussion, I've got a Victron 12V/3000VA 120V which is rated at 2400W (3000VA) continuous and 6000W peak load. I've set it to 120V/60Hz - somewhat serendipitously one came up on eBay just when I started this thread...
  2. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    In Europe shore power is 230V 6A maybe 10A, sometimes 2A! There is slim chance that I can charge the batteries to support the aircons and the rest of the RV's power draw. And as I said, my current battery charger (the inverter/charger/) will only charge 120A max. Thus the UPS wont work on...
  3. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    @waross >> Do you have a charger that will support that current draw? the batteries are spec'ed at 0.5C (280A) ideal charge rate and 1.0C (560A) max charge rate. The Victron inverter charger I have will do a max of 120A charge assuming shore power and or gennie is sufficient (gennie is...
  4. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    @LittleInch - yeah, thanks - I have that covered. The battery I made and installed for the solar/230V inverter is 560Ah and I used 120mm² cable to the bus bar and the same from the busbar to the 230V inverter/charger (slightly bigger than "0000") which is rated at 600A and the class T fuse I...
  5. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    hah ha [bigsmile] not quite; a more accurate term (for the UK) would be motorhoming - a caravan in the UK is what you guys call a travel trailer. "Motorhome" is the British word but we tend to differentiate American self powered motorhomes as "RVs". Autocaravanas in Spain and Portgual, Husbilar...
  6. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    @Heaviside1925 - full 110v really isn't an option really - everything in here is now 220 (or using boost converters to run off 12v. I've ditched the US microwave and the evap. fridge - both just crapped out. I now have a domestic fridge that cost me a little over £200 (I bought two because...
  7. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    of course when this hot weather passes, the problem with go away! [bigsmile]
  8. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    thanks again both! I appear to have been writing my inverter post at the same time as you @Heaviside1925! That appears the best way - now to find an economical inverter! I suppose the Victron route is best as that's what I installed for the 220v side, and it will integrate with the Victron...
  9. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    Just thinking about it further and not sure why I didn't think of it earlier [neutral] - I think the answer would be to install a second, 12v-120v (pure sine), inverter alongside the Victron 12v-220v inverter that I installed for the lithium/solar system. I could then ditch the 220v to 120v...
  10. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    Thanks for your replies. Following on from my original post, I see you can indeed get frequency regulators, but they appear to be large, industrial and very costly. So back to my original questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 2. can I use a single phase to single phase VFD and up the frequency to 60hz to...
  11. Grizlyadams

    VFD to up from 50 to 60Hz

    Hello, while searching the interwebs for info, I came across this thread thread248-395067 which lead me to post this. My situation is that I have an American RV in Europe which has been partly converted to 230v. The roof air conditioners and the water heater remain as 120v and are powered by a...

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