Hi there,

Hope someone can help me please.
I've recently brought a 12v DC to 240v ac 600w invertor in the hope it will cut down on my electricity bills.
For those of you who do not live in the UK, electricity customers in the UK have been advised of very high price increases in excess of 35-60%.

I've wired my invertor to a 110 ampere deep cycle leisure battery which i bought last week. The voltage measured 12.73. I've also bought a 60w solar panel to keep the battery charged up. The voltage on the battery now is around 13.1-13.4.

The problem ive encountered is that the ac voltage from the invertor is around 190-199 volts according to my voltage meter. Have measured the 'normal' mains voltage and it is around 230-234volts.

I've checked all the connections to make sure they are all tight etc.

Has anyone have any ideas as to why the output voltage is so low? Is the invertor faulty or is there something im missing here? The only thing i can seem to run off this so far is a light bulb. I thought that with the voltage being much lower than the normal 230v the invertor may damage my tv and fridge freezer etc.

Any help or advice would be most appreciative.

Many thanks

Paul