TAKING CARE OF THE POWER PROBLEM-INVERTER SOLUTION

I REMEMBER A GUY I MET SEVEN YEARS AGO, WHO MADE UP HIS MIND TO RUN ALL HIS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES ON DC (DIRECT-CURRENT). HIS GROUSE THEN WAS A STRONG DESIRE TO DO AWAY WITH THE GRID-CONNECTED PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE.
BUT NOW 7 YEARS AFTER, I BELIEVE THAT MOST PEOPLE NOW PREFER TO HAVE ALTERNATIVES TO PUBLIC SUPPLY THOUGH MAYBE NOT SOLELY ON DC. ONE ALTERNATIVE THAT GETS TO EXCITE PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD IS THE INVERTER CIRCUIT SOLUTION.
AN INVERTER SIMPLY CHANGES DIRECT CURRENT DC (FROM STORAGE BATTERIES) TO ALTERNATING CURRENT THAT CAN BE USED BY MOST ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
THE INVERTER CIRCUIT CONSISTS MAINLY OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS SUCH AS TRANSISTORS, RESISTORS, CAPACITORS,ETC. THERE ARE MANY MANUFACTURER OF SUCH INVERTERS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND QUITE A NUMBER. HERE IN NIGERIA YOU COULD GET AN ELECTRICAL CRAFTMAN BUILD ONE LOCALLY WHICH IS EVEN LESSER IN COST THAN IMPORTED ONES.
ONE OF THE ARGUMENT AGAINST FOREIGN IMPORT IS THE INABILITY OF FOREIGN DESIGNS TO TACKLE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES PREVALENT IN THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES. ASIDE FROM THIS I HAVE HEARD OTHERS COMPLAIN OF INAVAILABITY OF CERTAIN COMPONENTS ESPECIALLY DURING REPAIRS.
THE GREATEST FACTOR IN THE DESIGN OF THE INVERTER IS THE LOAD IT IS EXPECTED TO SERVE AS THIS DETERMINES THE COMPONENT SIZES AND OTHER THINGS.
ONE GREATEST CHALLENGE HOWEVER IS THAT OF MAKING SURE THE BATTERIES REMAIN CONTINUALLY CHARGED AND SO EXTRA COST NEEDS TO BE MADE FOR THE BATTTERY CHARGER, AND A CLOSED SYSTEM COULD BE MADE FROM THE ARRANGEMENT, SO THAT CONTINOUS POWER FLOWS ALWAYS.