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SlowBro
Explorer III
Jan 04, 2021

[SOLVED] Can an inverter on a car charge the house battery?

I've got a 2006 Toyota Sienna with a 150 amp alternator and the RV converter is 45A. Battery is a group 24 lead acid. I want to know is it feasible to charge the house battery using an 800W inverter f...
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SlowBro
Explorer III
Jan 04, 2021
BFL13 wrote:
You can't run the 45 amp converter at 45 amps from an 800w inverter. First the inverter will have a continuous rating of maybe 600w.


Its continuous rating is 800W.


BFL13 wrote:
Not clear but that "30a" could be the converter's 120v spec as opposed to 50a like in a bigger RV.


The user manual says the branch is 30A DC, but that may not be for the battery. It's unclear.

Thanks for the picture and confirmation! That's more-or-less what I had in mind.

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