What is voltage Droop?
When there is a big surge in current, you may see a dip in the voltage being supplied by the voltage source. This is sometimes called voltage droop or “the IR drop”. Typically voltage droop is very bad in a system, it can cause problems in the case of supplying voltage to an AC inverter. The AC inverter has a built in protection circuit that turns the inverter off if it sees a voltage less then 11V DC. So if you have TV hooked up to the inverter that has a big inrush current spike, the voltage will droop and the inverter will turn itself off by going into protection mode. You can minimize voltage droop by having large wires or cables and good solid connections with a lot of surface area. An example of a bad connection is aligator clips. These have only a tiny bit of surface area contact with a wire so the resistance of that connection is very high.
When there is a big surge in current, you may see a dip in the voltage being supplied by the voltage source. This is sometimes called voltage droop or “the IR drop”. Typically voltage droop is very bad in a system, it can cause problems in the case of supplying voltage to an AC inverter. The AC inverter has a built in protection circuit that turns the inverter off if it sees a voltage less then 11V DC. So if you have TV hooked up to the inverter that has a big inrush current spike, the voltage will droop and the inverter will turn itself off by going into protection mode. You can minimize voltage droop by having large wires or cables and good solid connections with a lot of surface area. An example of a bad connection is alligator clips. These have only a tiny bit of surface area contact with a wire so the resistance of that connection is very high.
When there is a big surge in current, you may see a dip in the voltage being supplied by the voltage source. This is sometimes called voltage droop or “the IR drop”. Typically voltage droop is very bad in a system, it can cause problems in the case of supplying voltage to an AC inverter. The AC inverter has a built in protection circuit that turns the inverter off if it sees a voltage less then 11V DC. So if you have TV hooked up to the inverter that has a big inrush current spike, the voltage will droop and the inverter will turn itself off by going into protection mode. You can minimize voltage droop by having large wires or cables and good solid connections with a lot of surface area. An example of a bad connection is alligator clips. These have only a tiny bit of surface area contact with a wire so the resistance of that connection is very high.
