An inverter includes an inverter circuit; an alternating current filter, where an input port of the alternating current filter is connected to an output port of the inverter circuit; an alternating current electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter; and a first alternating current switch, connected between an output port of the alternating current filter and an input port of the alternating current EMI filter. The first split capacitor is disposed between the first alternating current switch and the input port of the alternating current EMI filter; and when the first alternating current switch is turned off, the first split capacitor is disconnected from the output port of the alternating current filter, and the first split capacitor is connected to a circuit in which an alternating current system connected to the output port of the alternating current EMI filter is located, to suppress harmonic distortion of the alternating current system.