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Almot
Explorer III
Nov 21, 2015

To plug a VERY small inverter into the wall receptacle?

I'm not using 110V devices other than electric shaver and charging small tools or laptop. 175 watt MSW inverter on the night table, DC wires passed through the crack into the trailer basement to ba...
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valhalla360
Navigator
Nov 21, 2015
If I remember correctly, it takes a suprisingly small amperage at 120v to kill someone as in something like 0.1 amps.

You also have to ensure that it doesn't backfeed into the battery charger. If you are lucky, the inverter will have a fuse that simply trips. If it manages to stay going somehow, you are looking at least at a dead battery in a short time. Worst case, it could overload the inverter and start a fire.

Do it right or don't do it.

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