Laser printers and inverters

Heres a trap for young players, (guess that still makes me one).

A long time inkjet user, I probably hold some kind of record for managing to keep an 90s era inkjet running (just because i could) using a home made nozzle cleaning device consisting of a modified empty cartridge a syringe and some isopropyl.

But the fact is with the whole paperless era, the thing was getting used more and more infrequently, and the tiresome ink clogging thing finally got the better of me. So when the mrs innocently asked if i could "quickly" print something for her in the weekend, i buckled at the 50 odd buck price tag on a entry level laser, (Brother HL1110).

Plugged in in, inverter faults right off. That inverter is an 1100W, (with decent toroid in it), so this means the start up surge of that printer is decidedly unsignificant. Turns out this is a property of laser printers, but Brother are known to be on the high end.

A quick bit of reading ascertained the spike was large but brief, so the long extention cord trick did the trick, and was able to get it running.

Time to wire up the VFX i guess, and before i retire it to standby duties ill also do a review on the Stecca, as its a nice little unit, albeit uncommon.

http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/08/04/laser-printers-and-inverters/
https://www.donrowe.com/v/vspfiles/assets/images/laser_printer_startup_surge.pdf