How to Use inverter in a Sentence

inverter

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  • The inverter was struggling, and the TesTen couldn’t make it up the first sandy hill climb.
    — Emme Hall, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The motor, inverter, gear train, and brakes will be housed in a single unit.
    — Sasha Richie, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The powerful inverter and fast charging time put the Delta out in front for me.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • The pure sine wave inverter can also provide up to 3,600 watts for peak bursts.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • One inverter is tied to the grid and earns credit from the electric company.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Their inverters are one-way and don’t allow for two-way power flow.
    — Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Those who owned generators and inverters turned them on as soon as the grid failed, and their lives went on as normal.
    — Sunila S. Kale, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2012
  • The battery power runs through an inverter and the juice flows through different types of outlets and ports.
    — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The Niro EV keeps its charge port in its nose, which is handy for recharging and also means shorter cable runs to the inverter which lives under the hood.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The inverter that powers the AC outlets on the Jackery produces pure sine wave power.
    — Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2020
  • A decade ago, says Manghani, these inverter ratios might have been 1.1.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Use the clamps to attach the inverter directly to the terminals on your car battery.
    — Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Then the inverter is then connected to the battery, or in my case batteries.
    — Michael R. Shea, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Pure sine wave inverters produce power which equals — or is better than — the power in your home.
    — Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The total came to 486 million metric tons to be used for frames, mountings, and inverter casings.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The inverter app just doesn’t paint a good picture of your energy usage.
    — Christopher Null, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
  • To convert the battery’s DC power into the AC goodness running through the grid, the car or its charger needs an inverter.
    — Wired, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The power strip then connects to a 1100-watt inverter, which converts the batteries DC current to AC.
    — Michael R. Shea, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2020
  • An inverter converts the DC electricity to AC for the home’s 110-volt system.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2007
  • The batteries are connected to an inverter that changes the DC power to AC power.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The motors are oil-cooled and use hairpin windings, and the drive units integrate a single-speed transmission and the inverter.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2021
  • There's a new permanent magnet motor and a silicon-carbide inverter, and now the motor drives the rear wheels, not the fronts.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Also, an inverter borrowed from hybrid race cars converts the DC power to AC for the new motor.
    — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022
  • There are no USBs, but the optional 115-volt inverter should be able to handle high-speed charging.
    — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • The inverter has an outlet to charge items with a traditional, pronged power cord.
    — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
  • There's a new, more efficient silicon carbide inverter to go with the new motor, and the car also gets a new battery pack.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The hood is open, and Navarro, 38 weeks pregnant, has connected an inverter to the battery and plugged in a cluster of extension cords, lights and a fan for her salon.
    — Danica Coto, Houston Chronicle, 25 Dec. 2017
  • The inverter converts that to an alternate current, or AC, that is usable.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Completing the easy-lift tailgate is an outside step for access to be bed, six tie-downs, a 400-watt power inverter and outlet and an LED Light.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 16 June 2024
  • The one-speed transmission has had its components optimized to reduce friction, and there's a new inverter with all-new software.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024

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