Power Question

[Honer]

I just got an 800 watt power inverter, attached it to a brand new deep cycle battery and plugged my Tormek into it.
The motor on the Tormek is clunking and moving around when I turn it on.
Am I doing something wrong?

I took it back into my shop and it seems to run fine on household current.

[Jeff Farris]

I am not familiar with inverters, but my guess is that it cannot handle the starting capacitor of the TORMEK.  Sounds like you may need to "try before you buy" to find a big enough inverter.

[Honer]

I learned the hard way.
Fortunately, the store I bought from took the first one back.
It was rated at 800 watts continuous power with startup peak of 1600 watts.
It certainly appears to be enought to start up the Tormek which draws 200 watts continuous.
On the second time around I had a clerk who actually knew what he was talking about.
It seems that what they can claim and what they can do are not always a match.
In this case, the first unit could barely power a 100 watt light bulb.
I ended up spending lots more and got a 1200/2400 watt inverter which can handle the Tormek, the 100 watt light AND a 385 watt bench grinder.  It seems the second model was actually designed to be used!
I guess Tim the Toolman was right:
"More power!!"