What Is The Difference Between Inverter and Solar Inverter?

A power inverter or invert is a tool that transforms Direct Current (or DC) to Alternating Current (or AC) utilising transformers, switching, and power circuits. And this is the primary use of an inverter, be it solar or regular inverter. A home UPS or home inverter receives the DC power from the batteries and transforms it into AC power exerted by appliances.

Below is the list of the differences between the ordinary inverter and solar inverter.

1. Regular inverter utilises fuel, gasoline, or electricity, as their primary source and produces electricity from it. Solar inverters employ solar energy as their power reservoir.

2. Ordinary inverters are installed in homes and offices obtain power from the power network throughout standard power supply and save it in the battery. When the current runs off, or companies face a power interruption, UPS gets initiated automatically and provides power till standard supply returns. Solar inverter extracts power also transforms DC to AC, but it extracts electricity from grids that are connected to photovoltaic solar modules and not of the power grids that are produced by the electricity agencies.

3. The standard inverter is done primarily to convert current DC to AC. Moreover, it charges battery utilising electricity. Solar Inverter also operates related to the regular inverter, but it has an extra feature to charge the battery using solar panels, and it runs in hybrid mode, it means it charges the battery using electricity as well as the solar panel.

4. Added significant difference between ordinary and solar inverter is in the style of their performance. A regular home UPS/inverter system has a system of inverter and batteries that are attached to the home power connection. When the power is arising from the grid, the UPS/inverter system charges the cells using the electricity emanating from the network. When the power is off, the inverter uses the DC power from the cells and transforms it into AC used by appliances. There is an automated switch in the way that senses if the network is not providing power and turns the UPS into battery mode.



5. On the other hand, an off-grid solar-powered system has an arrangement of solar panels, charge controller, batteries, and inverter. The cells are loaded using the power from solar panels, and the inverter has the same purpose of converting DC to AC. It can also become an automated switch to sense if the grid is not providing the power that can increase the power source of the connected home from the grid to batteries.