These inverters are fairly efficient. It should be putting out 120 VAC. I have no clue to why people refer the AC mains in North America to be 110 VAC. The standard from what we have been told is now 120 VAC, for many years. I am sure if you measure the output of your inverter, it is going to be 120 VAC. You will need a true RMS meter to see it accurately. If you were to measure any of the AC outlets in your home they should read about 117 VAC to about 123 VAC on the average. There are some areas where the voltages would be a bit lower, but this is not the average.
The fuse in the car circuit will only blow if the load exceeds its 10 Amp rating. If you are drawing 50 Watts of power at 120 VAC, this would be a load of approximately 0.41 Amps at the 120 VAC level. I would believe that the inverter would have maybe about a 10% overhead. This would be seen by the source that is driving it.
Here is the clincher... At 12 Volts for the same given Wattage load, the inverter will be pulling 10 times the current. This means that with a 50 Watt load, the 12 Volt side would be supplying to a load of about 4.1 Amps. Then to compensate for deficiency loss, I would speculate to add another
10%. This should bring it up to about 4.5 Amps being pulled from the automobile's cigarette lighter. If you were to double the load on the inverter to 100 Watts, then the current pull would be about 9 Amps at the cigarette lighter. I would guess this to be a safe limit from the fuse size you indicated. If you were to put the full 140 Watt rated load on the inverter, it would definitely blow a 10 Amp fuse in its input side.
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"EKK" wrote in message
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Hi,
I just purchased a Belkin 140W ACAnywhere adapter for my car. It
converts the 12V DC to 110V AC for use with a laptop computer,
cellphone charger, etc.
The manual says it will output a constant 140W. My car's cigarette
lighter has a 10A fuse. Therefore, I half expected that I would blow
the fuse when I turned the ACAnywhere on. But, it didn't blow the
fuse, and it worked normally on my laptop that probably does not pull
140W, but more in the range of 90-100W.
So, my question is will this wreak havoc on my electrical system?
Thanks