Inverter Generator
You need to see this as two entirely different systems, the output being dependent on the input for raw energy (watts), but not for frequency.
What comes off an automotive *alternator* is speed-to-voltage dependent AC, which goes through a diode-block and regulator and becomes chopped DC. Which, in turn is *smoothed* by the mother of all capacitors called a "Battery".
Which then goes into the Inverter - which does not really care whether it is alternator power, or battery power. It takes the DC at some voltage between ~11 VDC and ~15 VDC, and converts it to AC by its internal magic.
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
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