hardwire an inverter?
I'm considering hard wiring an inverter into my TT, 2 outlets and 2 usb chargers. What should i consider? My tentative plan: inverter will be in a cabinet which will have a side or bottom cutout. ...
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danimal53 wrote:
i would only use it to run a TV, charge a laptop or cell phones.
Come to think of it, maybe to make coffee too, so i should probably look bigger.
Would it be silly to tap off the light? wiring not heavy enough?
SoundGuy wrote:
MAYBE "to make coffee too"?!! :h Clearly you don't realize just how much power this is going to require ... heck, I've got a 1000 watt sine wave inverter wired to power my trailer "whole house" and with a single G27 battery as the source I can successfully power a small coffee maker BUT @ 12 vdc it's pulling close to 50 amps. :E Anything much more than that and it really struggles, not because I'm anywhere near the inverter's maximum rating but because that single G27 can only deliver so much grunt ... to improve on this I'd have to substantially upgrade the battery bank AND size up the 4 gauge cable I used for the installation. "Tap off a light"?!! ... not a chance.
danimal53 wrote:
i wasn't implying i would make coffee while watching tv while charging everything i own :S....i meant, i might want to run a coffee maker off the inverter at times, so i should probably look for something with higher wattage.
You're missing the point ... there's a BIG difference between charging a cell phone or powering a TV that may be rated at 100 watts and a coffee maker (or any other appliance for that matter) that could easily require 5 to 15 times that much power. Doing so successfully isn't as simple as just buying a bigger inverter, critical also is the capacity of the battery bank powering the inverter, along of course with wiring of adequate size. Decide first what it is you really want to achieve, then design a system - inverter, battery bank, and wiring - that will meet these requirements.
