A small matchbox size inverter (12v) will power up to 8 meters of Glow Wire, either as one length or seperate lengths wired to the inverter in parallel. Larger inverters are available to power longer lengths of Glow Wire. We can provide inverters that will power up to 1000 meters of Glow Wire!

AC inverters have built in voltage input protection that allows for safe operation of your AC powered item. Let's say you are trying to run a 12Volt TV That comes with an AC adapter. You would have two ways you could power that TV with your DC pedal power bike generator. First you could hook up your pedal power bicycle generator directly to your 12V Television TV. The problem is that your TV might blow up in smoke if you provide it with 10 Volts or 14 volts.

Glow Wire is basically a copper wire with a phosphorous powder coating protected by an outer PVC layer. The wire operates on "AC" (Alternating Current) this is supplied by an Inverter. When an oscillating voltage (50-130V [rms] AC @50-5000Hz - low current) is applied to the wire the phosphorous reacts by giving off an electroluminescent glow.

Environmentally and as a product Glow Wire is safe, although for common sense reasons we would advise keeping loose Glow Wire and Inverters away from young children. They may bite into the Glow Wire when it is switched on - getting a shock.

Yes we can sell Glow Wire seperately, but it will not work without an inverter. We sell Glow Wire for £8 per meter (less if ordered in quantity). We can supply Glow Wire in continuous rolls of up to 250 meters.

Glow wire has a "Half Life" which means it will not go out suddenly. After around 3,000- 4,000 hours (indoors) of being illuminated it will gradually glow less. It has been known to last a lot longer. The wire can be replaced without changing the inverter.

Yes. You don't have to be a Rocket Scientist to install Glow Wire. The Glow Wire is supplied at the length required and ready to fit. For those of you that would like to experiment and customise the Glow Wire for a particular application, i.e join several colours of Glow Wire to each other or reconnect offcuts, some soldering may be required. You can find instructions for this by following this link: Connecting Instructions

Yes it can be reconnected by following the step shown in the connecting section of this website. Different colours can also be connected together and ran from the same inverter.

A power inverter changes DC power into conventional AC power that you can use to operate all kinds of devices ... electric lights, kitchen appliances, microwaves, power tools, TVs, radios, computers, to name just a few. You just connect the power inverter to a battery, and plug your AC devices into the power inverter ... and you've have portable power! The inverter draws its power from a 12 Volt battery (preferably deep-cycle), or several batteries wired in parallel.

The power rating used with microwave ovens is the "cooking power" which refers to the power being "delivered" to the food being cooked. The actual operating power requirement rating is higher than the cooking power rating (for example, a microwave with "advertised" rating of 600 watts usually corresponds to almost 1100 watts of power consumption). The actual power consumption is usually stated on the back of the microwave.

a rule of thumb (leaning on the high side), an inverter will require 10% of its continuous wattage rating from a battery. Example: A 300 watt inverter providing 300 watts to an appliance will require 30 amps from the battery. The same inverter providing 150 watts to an appliance will require 15 amps from the battery.

The difference is the type of battery you want to run your power inverter on. Most vehicles run off a 12 volt battery. The 24 volt are generally used in large trucks or industrial motors.

a) Output voltage wave form is pure sine wave with very low harmonic distortion and clean power like utility-supplied electricity. c) Reduces audible and electrical noise in fans, fluorescent lights, audio amplifiers, TV, Game consoles, Fax, and answering machines. e) Reliably powers the following devices that will normally not work with modified sine wave power inverters: We carry a full line of Pure Sine Wave power Inverters.

Solar cells produce a direct current. Unfortunately, most of the electrical devices we commonly use expect a standard AC power supply. [Different standards apply in different countries, ~120 volt 60 Hz in North America.] An inverter takes the DC from the solar cells and creates a useable form of AC. Besides doing this, an Inverter may also be connected to the electric grid and/or a battery backup system.

The inverter, transforms the produced direct current energy from the generator to net conforming alternating current. In addition it is important to control the system and cuts off at interruptions the connection to the energy net on power failures.