Simple Inverter Setup Test - FAIL>?
A friend gave me a 2000w/4000w peak Coleman Inverter. I hooked it to a 70ah excide battery with some thick jumper cables: good wire connectors to the +/- attached to the inverter for good contact. ...
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Not enough battery and not enough wire for 1500 watts.
If the heater has any electronic controls it may not like the modified sine wave (MSW). Incandescent bulb does not care about MSW.
Heavy jump cables would be 1 awg like these:
You really should have 400+ amp hours to drive that inverter.
If you plan to use it to watch tv fine but to run a heater I think your battery will be dead before you feel much heat.
If the heater has any electronic controls it may not like the modified sine wave (MSW). Incandescent bulb does not care about MSW.
Heavy jump cables would be 1 awg like these:
You really should have 400+ amp hours to drive that inverter.
If you plan to use it to watch tv fine but to run a heater I think your battery will be dead before you feel much heat.
