2112 wrote:
Can you get your vehicle close enough to the house battery to use jumper cables? That's how I do it.
Per
this battery manufacturer, alternators direct connected (using battery cables or jumper cables) are not designed to charge batteries, only maintain them. Also, I recall an Interstate battery tech telling me the same.
But inverters are common, provided I get the sizing right, engine RPMs, all that.
Idling cars are also common, and running the headlights, A/C, and radio uses about the same amount of current as the inverter would.
I feel pretty safe doing this occasionally. Six hours of idling every six months or year.
2112 wrote:
Most newer model vehicles are smart enough to not over-tax the alternator.
That's good to know. Do they have temperature sensors to detect overheating?
