SAFE WIRE GUAGE ?

You folks are amazing. Truly want to thank all of you for helping me through all this. Will report back when I get the new power cord next week. Happy trails

Hi bob,

0.5 volts may be a 5% loss. Many inverters "alarm" at 10.5 volts. According to Wagan yours does, so yes if you wish to run the fan on high you need the direct to battery connection.

http://wagan.com/wagan-tech/power-inverters/elite-200w-pro.html

Oasisbob wrote:
Thanks for the great advice. Much apreciated and will file for in case the battery direct cord the manugacturere promised me does not work.I am skeptical as I only lost half a volt going through the trailer plug versus straight from the battery according to my electric tester. We shall see

Thanks for the great advice. Much apreciated and will file for in case the battery direct cord the manugacturere promised me does not work.I am skeptical as I only lost half a volt going through the trailer plug versus straight from the battery according to my electric tester. We shall see

Oasisbob wrote:
As predicted by some of you I cannot run my 20 inch box fan on high or medium for more than a few minutes before the low voltage alarm sounds. It seems to work on low for several hours. So as suggested I need to connect directly to the battery. The factory inverter DC cord is kind of a specialty cord to this unit as there are two pins that plug into the inverter from a cigarette lighter style plug. Cannot locate a specif cord with clips for my battery that has the two pins. So should I cut off the cig lighter end and straight wire to battery? Power will still go through the factory cord. Any thoughts?

Those two pins are quite possibly "banana plugs", which are nominally 4mm in diameter and often 15mm in length (though they come in other lengths). They're commonly used on electronic test equipment. If that's what you have, most likely the inverter has binding posts that have an outer screw sleeve portion so you can connect ring terminals or spade terminals. For a permanent installation, ring terminals would be preferred.

I would recommend just making your own connections, rather than use the manufacturer's cable. its not hard, just need wire strippers that can also do crimp splices. I take it the inverter has either ring terminal posts or screw downs for bare wire. Doesn't matter which, just need 2 more crimps if they are posts on the inverter.

What you should do is crimp an inline fuse holder with a red positive wire, throw in a 15 amp fuse into the holder. Put your fuse holder as close as possible to battery ring terminal for positive. Use then crimp ring terminals to the red and black wires at the battery end, and mount directly to the battery screw posts.



You can just buy all this stuff at an automotive part supply store, it wont be expensive, all this should cost like 20 bucks tops. Buy enough red and black wire to be able to place the inverter conveniently close to the batteries.

Does this help?

So Wagan Tech is sending me a battery direct cord free of charge. Will this work? We shall see. I am only losing half a volt from battery to inverter cable? Is there something I am not understanding here? Very possible

After running box fan for four hours I get the following readings
BATTERY 12.40 VDC
OUTPUT END OF INVERTER PLUG 12/34 VDC
I am awaiting call back from Wagan Tech. Given these numbers do I satill need a direct battery connection?

Happy to provide more info. And thank you so much.
WAGAN TECH
Elite 200W PRO
Just bought it from Best Buy this week.
I am sorry but I have not been able to send you a picture of this unit.

Throw us a bone... at least need make and model number.
Otherwise an electronics store may have a connector that will work.
Electronics store as in a place that sells resistors and diodes.

Post a picture of the cable and the socket it fits into.