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60W inverter using transistors

Description.
Here is the circuit diagram of a fully transistorized inverter that can drive
up to 60W loads. Transistors Q1 and Q2 forms a 50Hz astable
multivibrator. The output from the collector of Q2 is connected to the input
of the Darlington pair formed by Q3 and Q4.Similarly the output of Q1 is
coupled to the input of the pair Q5 and Q6. The output from the Darlington
pairs drive the final output transistors Q7 and Q8 which are wired in the
push pull configuration to drive the output transformer.
Circuit diagram.

T1 can be a 230V primary to 9-0-9V, 6A secondary transformer.


Transistors Q4, Q6, Q7 and Q8 must be fitted with heat sinks.
Use a 12V, 7Ah battery for powering the inverter.
Slight adjustments can be made on the value of R3 and R4 to get exact
50Hz

Inverter Design Tips.


The maximum allowed output power of an inverter depends on two
factors.The maximum current rating of the transformer primary and the
current rating of the driving transistors.

For example ,to get a 100 Watt output using 12 V car battery the primary
current will be ~8A ,(100/12) because P=VxI.So the primary of transformer
must be rated above 8A.
Also here ,each final driver transistors must be rated above 4A. Here two
will be conducting parallel in each half cycle, so I=8/2 = 4A .
These are only rough calculations and enough for this circuit.

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