I have a questions about Capacitors. Seeking help from Electronics Gurus.
Problem Description:I have a 850VA home inverter which works fine with anything and everything consuming a total of 800 Watts when there's no power from the grid.
As usual when the Power Fails (From the Grid) the inverter kicks in and provide the supply of power from the battery in home. Everything works fine.
But when i switch on my Laptop (connected to the Inverter with no power from grid), the CFL Lights suddenly starts to randomly flick.
This flickering is not continuous but Random and even may or may not occur.
Sometimes the lights keeps on flickering as long as there's no power from the grid.
Sometimes the lights don't flicker for few minutes, then flickers for 10-15mins and then vanishes away. And then resumes after a while.
Irrespective of the total load on the inverter (Usually not more than 100 watts excluding the Laptop) flickering occurs randomly.
If i put the inverter on the full load of 800 Watts (including the Laptop), even then the flickering occurs randomly.
Even if take off complete load and only let the Laptop and a CFL being powered up by the inverter, even then flickering occurs randomly.
BTW, the Laptop's Power supply is 100~240v 1.5Amps.
Question:As far as i have heard, this could be rectified using a capacitor connected in Parallel.
Yes/No?
If Yes, What should be the Specs of the Capacitor?