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Old 03-23-10, 08:53 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by NiHaoMike View Post
Note that virtually every modern inverter converts the incoming DC to high voltage DC before converting it to AC. And most modern power supplies convert the incoming AC to high voltage DC before stepping it down.

I did not know that.. How do they step up the DC to a higher voltage DC?

The only kind of inverter I've looked at lately just went from DC to AC..

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