Vector 1500 inverter overloads on 300 watts
I bought this inverter for $20 so i'm not holding much hope With a pair of fully charged 100 amp gels running a samll dorm fridge the inverter makes good power for a while and then cuts out with a...
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garym114 wrote:
Your battery cables should be at least 4 AWG. Realize that a 300 watt inverter load is drawing about 30 amps from the batteries. You have to have battery cables large enough to carry the inverter load.
At 1000 watts inverter load you will be drawing about 100 amps from the batteries.
You did not say what the battery cable length or AWG size of your battery cable is. Those two make all the difference in inverter performance.
Ah Hah!
I thought the wires were adequate but i sacrificed a cheap set of jumper cables and made new leads and the thing has been working great all afternoon. Thanks
