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Naio
Explorer II
Apr 29, 2017

Any reason not to drill holes to ventilate inverter?

My cheap-azz HF inverter overheats easily when it's out in the open air and nights are freezing. In new van build, I plan to have an actual electrical cabinet. The inverter is going to freak out...
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MrWizard
Moderator
Apr 29, 2017
HF 750~1500 watt inverter

Maybe the fan is not working

What kind of loads are running, how many watts

How effective the holes will be ?
I don't know
If the fan is bad it has to help some, but will the cabinet allow ventilation, or just be an oven holding heat , and the hole will only slow the process down a little bit ?

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