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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Naio wrote:
So, who makes a better inverter? Any tips on finding one in a small town?
With a good inverter, can I safely run the freezer off my alternator for a couple hours?
Separate the two limitations. You can have a 3000w inverter on the van's battery (with the engine running of course) and your limitation is still the van's 12v system.
The alternator can hold the van's voltage, but only up to a certain inverter load and then the van's voltage will collapse. That inverter load is the same (say it is 600w) whether you use a 750w inverter or a 3000w inverter, the van will only carry the 600w.
