Inverter sizing API

Sizes inverter continuous and surge ratings (W and VA) from connected loads, applying a power factor and sizing margin. Answers 'What size inverter do I need for these loads?', 'How many VA continuous and surge?'.

Price$0.04per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/electrical/inverter-sizing

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

electricalinvertersizingvasurgepower-factoroff-gridload

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/electrical/inverter-sizing

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "continuousLoadW": 2000,
  "surgeLoadW": 6000,
  "powerFactor": 0.8
}

Example response

{
  "continuousLoadW": 2000,
  "surgeLoadW": 6000,
  "powerFactor": 0.8,
  "sizingMargin": 1.25,
  "recommendedContinuousW": 2500,
  "recommendedContinuousVA": 3125,
  "requiredSurgeW": 6000,
  "requiredSurgeVA": 7500,
  "formula": "rating_W = load_W * margin; VA = W / pf"
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "continuousLoadW"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "continuousLoadW": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        2000
      ]
    },
    "surgeLoadW": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        6000
      ]
    },
    "powerFactor": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        0.8
      ]
    },
    "sizingMargin": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        1.25
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}