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Originally Posted by MazdaMatt
As for stepping it up with a DC/DC converter FIRST - that sounds more lossy to me because that DC/DC is probably generating an AC sine wave, then stepping it up, then rectifying it, then i feed it to my controller, then generate an AC wave again. In my case, i'd just be taking the battery DC, converting it to sine, then stepping it up.
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It's more efficient to convert at high frequencies as higher frequencies need less wire in the transformer. And DC/DC converters usually operate on square waves.
Take apart a modern inverter and analyze how it works.
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