Basic Inverter circuit diagram

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This is the bacis of inverter circuit diagram. The circuit will convert 12V DC to 120V AC. This circuit can handle up to 1000Watts supply depends the T1, T2 and transformer used. Please see the note.

Component list:
Part C1, C2 R1, R2 R3, R4 D1, D2 Q1, Q2 T1 MISC Total Qty. Description 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 68 uf, 25 V Tantalum Capacitor 10 Ohm, 5 Watt Resistor 180 Ohm, 1 Watt Resistor HEP 154 Silicon Diode 2N3055 NPN Transistor (see Notes) 24V, Center Tapped Transformer (see Notes) Wire, Case, Receptical (For Output) Substitutions

Notes:

1. Q1 and Q2, as well as T1, determine how much wattage the inverter can supply. With Q1,Q2=2N3055 and T1= 15 A, the inverter can supply about 300 watts. Larger transformers and more powerful transistors can be substituted for T1, Q1 and Q2 for more power. 2. The easiest and least expensive way to get a large T1 is to re-wind an old microwave transformer. These transformers are rated at about 1KW and are perfect. Go to a local TV repair shop and dig through the dumpster until you get the largest microwave you can find. The bigger the microwave the bigger transformer. Remove the transformer, being careful not to touch the large high voltage capacitor that might still be charged. If you want, you can test the transformer, but they are usually still good. Now, remove the old 2000 V secondary, being careful not to damage the primary. Leave the primary in tact. Now, wind on 12 turns of wire, twist a loop (center tap), and wind on 12 more turns. The guage of the wire will depend on how much current you plan to have the transformer supply. Enamel covered magnet wire works great for this. Now secure the windings with tape. Thats all there is to it. Remember to use high current transistors for Q1 and Q2. The 2N3055s in the parts list can only handle 15 amps each. 3. Remember, when operating at high wattages, this circuit draws huge amounts of current. Dont let your battery go dead . 4. Since this project produces 120 VAC, you must include a fuse and build the project in a case. 5. You must use tantalum capacitors for C1 and C2. Regular electrolytics will overheat and explode. And yes, 68uF is the correct value. There are no substitutions. 6. This circuit can be tricky to get going. Differences in transformers, transistors, parts substitutions or anything else not on this page may cause it to not function.

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54 Responses to Basic Inverter

1. mohanraj writes:
No. 1 August 3rd, 2009 at 3:32 am

i am intrest to design circuit 2. Sam Nortey writes:

No. 2 October 16th, 2009 at 9:00 am

Dear sir, I am really highly impressed going through your website. It has often be my heart desire to try my hands on DC-AC inverter, going through your website has revived that I-cando-it altitude in me. I would be very grateful if you could assist me with other necessary information/materials to fulfill my dreams. Also I will like you to throw more light on the effect of connecting induction load to DC/AC inverter. 3. ERICUSBEE writes:
No. 3 December 16th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

Hi sir, thanksfor your site I realy like it cos it helps me a lot but the only problem I have is the inverter is not working well for me and I need more help from you.Thanks very much for your good work. 4. sunny writes:
No. 4 January 4th, 2010 at 1:07 pm

i really appreciate people like you at least for bringing out your time to to post these circuit and their diagrams.its been quite helpful.thanks a lot but i want to know:how can i decide to step up the power(i.e the wattage)if i so desire and what is the current rating of this particular circuit.thanks 5. myelectric razor for men writes:
No. 5 January 12th, 2010 at 9:46 am

yummmy:P thx for your tips id love to follow you.anyway happy new year ~~~~~~~~ 6. richie writes:
No. 6 February 2nd, 2010 at 9:48 am

Sir, can i use other transformer? 7. Raju writes:

No. 7 March 11th, 2010 at 1:32 am

Dear sir I want to make 12v dc to 240v ac,500 watts inverter.plz send the message which requirements i need and send me circuits and parts name in my mail address. 8. wally anico writes:
No. 8 April 16th, 2010 at 9:54 pm

good day sir, I was really thankful for giving me the opportunity to have this incredible mosfet power amplifier. although i still not assembled the amps. i know that its really quite good. thank you and more power to you and god bless you. 9. braveheart writes:
No. 9 April 18th, 2010 at 2:23 am

how long will this project works?.tnx!!! 10. okorie chinedu writes:
No. 10 April 20th, 2010 at 8:57 am

could you please send me a 12v dc 240ac inverter circuit diagram, honestly i will be greatfull. Thanks. 11. ihsan writes:
No. 11 May 19th, 2010 at 6:22 am

SIR I NEED 12V TO 120V DC TO AC INVERTER CIRCUIT, THE ABOVE CIRCUIT COMPONENTS IF NOT FOUND THEN BY SUBSTITUTIONS WHAT I USE, 12. johny writes:
No. 12 June 7th, 2010 at 8:50 am

sir iwant ordinary battery charge cut off circuits.any inverter 13. somebody writes:
No. 13 June 8th, 2010 at 2:12 am

the only thing is the transformer will break the bank those things get REALLY expensive when u get to the high power ones

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Courage writes:
No. 14 June 18th, 2010 at 9:46 pm

sir could you please explain the operation of the circuit? 15. dipti writes:
No. 15 June 22nd, 2010 at 4:40 am

i need circuit diagram for 1kva pwm inverter if u have send me on my id djkdipti@gmail.com 16. ohenhen andrew writes:
No. 16 June 24th, 2010 at 9:31 pm

sir i am a student of the university of benin with mat no, psc0704525 (for confirmation & to eliminate doubts) edo state, nigeria. there are so many thing i love to ask but i really want to how i can have acess to the invert component as well as solar panel. send me a reply soonest. 17. isaac writes:
No. 17 July 14th, 2010 at 6:31 am

where can i insert load detector circuit? 18. Olufemi writes:

No. 18 July 19th, 2010 at 7:02 am

In fact you are too much, please can all these components;Silicon diode,resistors, Tantalum Capacitor 2N3055 NPN Transistor locally purchased in Nigeria? If yes where can easily get it. Thank You sir. 19. Fayowole writes:
No. 19 August 4th, 2010 at 12:14 am

Sir, im impressed with your website and i really appreciate your ciruit diagrams but please can i get a software for electronics practicals 20. rjpatil writes:
No. 20 August 21st, 2010 at 2:05 pm

Hey this info is sufficient but wanted more discription about circuit flow. 21. M. Amodu writes:
No. 21 August 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 pm

I am very interested in designing ana inverter myself with the knowledge I already have about it, I will appreciate your assistance. Thank you for your cooperation. Mr Amodu M. 22. cyprian writes:
No. 22 August 26th, 2010 at 7:57 am

Dear progressive minded, i am greatful to your efforts on your free tutorials. I am greatful to God that people like you exists. I would love to have complete circuit diagram of inverter that can generate 3kwv with the necesary components and precautions through my email address if possible thanks. 23. Energy Recovery writes:
No. 23 August 26th, 2010 at 11:32 am

Your diagrams are very in depth, very helpful! thank you. 24. ravindramohan.M writes:
No. 24 August 26th, 2010 at 3:41 pm

Dear sir I want to make 12v dc to 240v ac,400 watts inverter.plz send the message which requirements i need and send me circuits and parts name in my mail address. Thanks&regards Ravindramohan.M 25. jammal kammal writes:
No. 25 August 29th, 2010 at 1:13 am

Sir i want to design different types of invertors.Please send me circuit diagrams with compleat information about components. Highly obligued to you in anticipation. 26. karthik writes:
No. 26 September 8th, 2010 at 11:40 am

sir,I have tested this circuit but the resistor 180 ohm is heated up very quickly,I would like to know the equation to calculate the values so that i can use different voltage levels as the input for your circuit. 27. circuit diagram writes:
No. 27 September 9th, 2010 at 12:22 am

please check the resistor, it should be minimum 1 Watt resistor. 28. matt writes:
No. 28 September 12th, 2010 at 4:06 pm

for the student frm edo state and all of you asking qustion on inverter, you can get theelectronics part from any radio/electronic accesory store. if u want higher kva for the inverter eg 5kva then you will have to connect 25 of those transitors in parrallel at each side to ake the total number of transistors 50, and then change the transformer to a large one, after which the total circuit will be powered with 36v. that is three 12v batteries connected in series. for more question contact me with my emial matamba2@googlemail.com. i will be willing to be of help. 29. James Obrecht writes:
No. 29 October 2nd, 2010 at 11:57 am

Hello! I have the same problem as @karthik. Could you please provide use the equation. Thank you! 30. manoj writes:
No. 30 October 3rd, 2010 at 4:06 am

can i change the capacitor 31. pankaj writes:

No. 31 October 9th, 2010 at 11:29 am

please,can you tell the operation and working of these circuit 32. Mark Varieur writes:
No. 32 October 13th, 2010 at 2:37 pm

A straightforward charger equivalent to a ACDC wall adapter. It applies 300mA to the battery pack in any respect times, which will harm the battery power if left connected as well extended. 33. Godwin writes:
No. 33 November 1st, 2010 at 1:34 pm

Pls I need inverter diagram that has the power of up to 10 kva or more. Please send the diagram in details to my email address: isaaciheanyi@yahoo.com. I will be grateful if this is done. 34. zahid writes:
No. 34 November 4th, 2010 at 12:51 am

hi sir i try this inverter but fan is not raning please reply me thanks 35. Divine writes:
No. 35 November 7th, 2010 at 4:04 pm

please send me a simple 12v to240 inverter circuit for my PC.I will be glad ,if iwill get different types 36. bikram writes:
No. 36 November 16th, 2010 at 10:43 am

Dear Sir, I just want to make 12v dc to 240v ac,60Watt inverter with the same circuit instead of tantalum capacitors for C1 and C2 if I use 68 uf, 25 V Regular electrolytics capacitors beacause of low power. please sugest me 37. Suraj writes:
No. 37 December 10th, 2010 at 9:38 am

I Need a 5 Kva Inverter Diagram with 48 volts DC input. If you have please send me on surajbhushan@gmail.com Thanks In Advance.

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kaleem ullah writes:

No. 38 December 14th, 2010 at 6:26 pm

Dear sir plaese send my e mail eddress complete ups basic easy diagrame urgently am wait your reply very thanks. 39. Isah writes:
No. 39 December 24th, 2010 at 11:37 am

Pls sir i need the circuit diagram for inverter 40. RAJENDER SINGH writes:
No. 40 December 28th, 2010 at 10:55 am

Dearsir I am a retired civil engineer and desire to keep muself busy in learning about making of solar panel dry battery which could finally help me in building 12v that is dry battery running on with the solar panel.Since I am not perfect in doing so.Kindly semd illustrative information in this regard along with necessary sketches and oblige. I shall remain thankful 41. arnold ebhodaghe writes:
No. 41 January 22nd, 2011 at 9:09 am

hi, am arnold(+23408133813260) from the ambrose alli university ekpoma, nigeria. thanks for the diagram, anyways, i would please kindly ask if you can also give a full diagram for a 1kva inverter which can take over once there is power failure, as i live in an area with an epiletic poweer supplythanks and God bless. 42. Praveen writes:
No. 42 January 22nd, 2011 at 1:05 pm

Sir, i need a simple ups circuit and methods to produce it. like that of ups of a computer. 43. snatur writes:
No. 43 January 27th, 2011 at 3:02 am

thiss the bacis of inverter circuit diagram. How can i design my circuit well?

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Henry writes:
No. 44 January 30th, 2011 at 12:34 pm

Please I want to know if the diagram is for sine or square wave 45. Shruti tyagi writes:
No. 45 February 11th, 2011 at 3:22 am

dear sir, i am third year student i need a interesting and unique idea for my mini project pls give any idea with enough detail 46. prasad writes:
No. 46 February 17th, 2011 at 9:30 am

sir, i need a three phase inverter circuit , which gives the output of three phase waveform.please also send me the simulation of the speed estimation of induction motor and position estimation of synchronous motor.which was done in MATLAB 7.1 or PSIM softwares.send me details of simulation circuit ,clearly to my mail id. 47. Nichol Gilford writes:
No. 47 February 23rd, 2011 at 10:50 pm

good job 48. knowledge writes:

No. 48 March 4th, 2011 at 12:57 am

pliz supply me with 1000-3000 watt circuit diagram 49. Pater writes:
No. 49 March 9th, 2011 at 7:35 am

Dear Sir I think i is a nice progress. If you dont mind, please give me estimate cost to design this inverter?. Regard Peter

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karthik0000 writes:
No. 50 March 11th, 2011 at 12:22 am

Is that true that this inverter converts 12v dc to 120 v ac . What are the kind of switching elements that are used in this circuits are they mosfets, fets or thyristors. 51. aslam writes:
No. 51 March 22nd, 2011 at 10:30 am

dear sir, please explain in detail about inverter used in single phase circuit 52. Willem writes:
No. 52 April 4th, 2011 at 4:48 am

Hi i need a diagram with parts and values for 12v dc to 220v ac 500/1000w inverter pls 53. zahidbhat writes:
No. 53 April 9th, 2011 at 7:55 am

Dear sir i need 825av invertor diagram andfalt find 54. korvah writes:
No. 54 April 17th, 2011 at 8:25 am

this ckt is a real simple ckt. how can i build a better one with high watt. i am thinking about building one that will give me alteast 3kw. can u help me out with some siagrams.

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