In India, more than 70% of the population are lives in rural areas where power goes for more than 8 hours. For these areas, frequent power cut is the major problem. Not only rural areas but urban and suburban areas are also affected by the same problem.

As a large % of the population are witnesses this problem so the need for a backup power supply comes as a first priority. The definite solution to this problem is an Inverter to eliminate frequent power cuts. But choosing the bad one will not solve the problem instead of increasing mental pain.

So if you’re actually planning to buy the best home inverter to use during a power cut. Then there are the following factors to be considered to make your buying decision wisely.

Selecting the inverter in a country like India will be much difficult. As various national and international brands out there claim to be the best. And as said earlier, there some places in India where power goes for more than 8 hours. So whenever you buy an inverter then you need to ensure the power backup requirements based upon the power cut in your locality. You need to consider the following factors before you create a mindset to buy an inverter for your home.

What Type of Inverter do you require?

The first step to consider before selecting the best inverter is you need to clear about the type of inverter that you actually require. Because there are so many inverter brands are there in the market that is using for various requirements and everyone claims their brand to be the best. The type of Inverter that you need to know is pure shine wave inverter, modified shine inverter, and secure wave inverter. Thus, if you run heavy appliances in your home like- Refrigerators, mixer grinder, TV, etc, then a pure shine wave inverter is a good choice But they are costlier too. And if you run the common load appliance like CFL, tube light, fan, etc. Then you can go with a modified shine wave and secure wave inverter as they are cheaper than pure shine wave inverter.

How to select the battery for an inverter?

It entirely depends upon your power requirements. But Before choosing any battery for your inverter you need to understand the different types of battery like Flat plate battery, Tubular battery, and Sealed Maintenance-free battery. So if you are using heavy appliances during power cut like washing machine, refrigerator, water purifier, etc. then you need to select the sealed maintenance-free battery for heavy power backup. But if you are the one who is using normal load home appliances like television, mixer grinder, fan, tube light, CFL, etc., then choosing a tubular battery or a flat plate battery is a good decision for you.

Keep in mind your power requirements

As the inverter is very different from the generator so it’s not possible for it to run all the appliances of your home during a power cut. So it’s important to understand the total load of your home appliances that you are using during the power shed to select inverter size. And Understanding the combined power of all the appliances is also important to decide the VA rating of your inverter. So if you don’t really don’t know the power consumption of your home appliances.

So here we are discussing the overview of your commonly used home appliances electricity consumption. That is helpful for you to identify your actual power requirements.

Electrical Appliance                                                              Power Consumption                   

  1. Television                                                                                         As per their sizes LED/LCD, TV takes normally up to 50 to 150 watts
  2.  Fan                                                                                                 Around 70 to 90 watts
  3. Tube light                                                                                         Approx. 28 to 50 watts, or more
  4. Air cooler                                                                                          Normally 250 to 300 watts or more
  5. Set-top box                                                                                       Normal setup box takes up to 8 watts and HD setup box 15-20 watts
  6. Press Iron                                                                                          Around 800 to 1200 watts
  7. Air Conditioner Around 2. 5 ton                                                         3500 Watts or more
  8. Refrigerators                                                                                     800 to 1200 watts
  9. Home theatre                                                                                    90 to 120 watts
  10. Computer                                                                                         150 to 300 watts
  11. Electric bulb                                                                                      Normally for home usage 25, 40, 60,100 watts or more
  12. Hair straightener                                                                                Around 300 to 500 watts
  13. Mobile charger                                                                                  Depend on your comes with usually 5 or fewer watts
  14. Mixer and Grinder                                                                              Normally 300 to 800 watts
  15. Gaming Console                                                                                 100 Watts Approx
  16. Induction cooker                                                                                 Normally Consumes very heavy power around 1000 to 1500 watts
  17. Washing machine                                                                                Around 500 to 1500 watts of more
  18. Wifi router                                                                                          Normally 2 to 30 watts

Understand the appliances that you can power using an inverter

The inverter has the capacity to run heavy load appliances like refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, etc. But all these above appliances have compressors that require a high volume of electricity to run. So if you want to run heavy load appliances described earlier. Then either make sure to buy the inverter that has a heavy VA rating and sizes or specially made to run the aforementioned appliances.

Understand the VA rating that your inverter requires

All the home appliances such as lights, bulbs, refrigerators, air conditioners consume power and rated as Watts. On the other hand, power supplying equipment such as Inverter, generator, and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) are the ones that rated in VA. There are some cases where VA rating and Watt ratings are the same. But in the actual circuit, both of them are different.

Warranty

Not only inverter but whenever you buy any of the appliances, you need to make sure that the appliances are protected under the warranty period by the manufacturer or not. However, the inverter is such an appliance that doesn’t require maintenance until it stops working altogether.

Final Words

So other than the above feature, you need to check the feature like the installation process, battery backup hours, brand of an inverter, battery warranty period, type of battery. Last but not least that you need to check if an inverter is from a repetitive brand or not. Luminous, Microtek, Exide, and Su-Kam are some of the best and repetitive brands of an inverter.

Lastly, if you want to check detailed reviews and buyers guide of the best inverter for home use in India so Click Here.

 

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