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Naio
Explorer II
Apr 30, 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 in an enclosed space. Can I take off the plastic housing and drill numerous 1/2" holes in it? Or replace the red part with nylon windowscreen or something?

Mine is similar to this:

http://m.harborfreight.com/750-watt-continuous-1500-watt-peak-power-inverter-66817.html

Don't tell me to buy a real inverter :B. I am broke!

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  • 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 ?
  • Naio's avatar
    Naio
    Explorer II
    2oldman wrote:
    How about a real fan?


    Lololol.For the van? I did that, Maxxair 7000 for $159, yesterday.

    Or for the inverter? I have one of those fan mats you put under a hot laptop, never thought of that. It would even run off the inverter's usb outlet. But it would run all night... I wonder how much juice that is...

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