Why won't my inverter put out?
I feel there should be a 'That's what she said' joke in here somewhere... I booked a camping site that I thought had hookups, but when I got here: no hookups. I needed more juice than my house ...
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Morning update:
The alarm continued to go off intermittently, for short time periods. After the first time I could not get to it before it shut itself off (the alarm, not the inverter) I realised I didn't have to.
This was when I had plugged in: phone charger, laptop charger, mattress pad, and heating pad (yes, both!). I unplugged phone charger, that did not help. I unplugged laptop charger and heating pad simultaneously, and that fixed it. So the inverter hates one of those two, and hates the freezer.
I can ascertain which one, of course, but my question is why? Sure, these low-power items have startup surges. But how big can those surges be? And what can I do about the freezer?
The alarm continued to go off intermittently, for short time periods. After the first time I could not get to it before it shut itself off (the alarm, not the inverter) I realised I didn't have to.
This was when I had plugged in: phone charger, laptop charger, mattress pad, and heating pad (yes, both!). I unplugged phone charger, that did not help. I unplugged laptop charger and heating pad simultaneously, and that fixed it. So the inverter hates one of those two, and hates the freezer.
I can ascertain which one, of course, but my question is why? Sure, these low-power items have startup surges. But how big can those surges be? And what can I do about the freezer?
