Abstract: The DC to AC power inverter is of the class B, C, D or E type and includes a battery, at least one power SCR and associated capacitor circuitry, at least one input winding on a main transformer core and at least one output secondary winding on the transformer core. Such inverter requires a quiescent current to establish operating current for capacitor commutation charge and includes a feedback loading circuit for feeding current generated by the quiescent current back to the battery. The inverter also includes a self-detecting load demand circuit coupled to a line from said output winding for cyclically energizing the inverter, for sensing a minimum AC load and for holding said inverter in an energized state until less than a minimum AC load is sensed during an energizing cycle.