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Anonymous Posted on Sep 19, 2012

I have 800va microtek inverter non sine wave.i want to know what is the output voltage available

When i measured by true RMS Digital Multimeter it shows 260v and plain multimeter it shows 280v.

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The voltage should be the same for both. Maybe one or the other isn't calibrated correctly. Have a friend with another multimeter check the output, and then take the voltage that is the same from his and yours.

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