Under hood inverter install? Chev 3500HD
I would love to install an inverter under the hood of my 2016 3500HD D/A. Unfortunately the engine compartment is so packed I can't find room. I have the 220 amp alternator. Unfortunately it ap...
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Inverters hate dirt*, and engines get a hundred billion cubic feet of air sucked in and over them.
*Heatsinks love to go nude
Get a shop to heliarc an aluminum carrier and use a TOW TRUCK JUMPER CABLE connector to join the battery with the happy camper inverter.
Guess what? When light-fingered individuals see the connector on the connection end of the cables, they lose their lust to make off with them. Easy to install, not cheap (you need connection and cables for a diesel), and clean. Quicksilver had such a setup but there were few 24 volt rigs that needed a jump. The setup loses little purchase value over the years.
So you have an inverter with say 12' of 2/0 cable wrapped around it. Buy just the connectors and roll your own with ultra heavy duty cast copper lugs permanently bolted onto the inverter.
Under hood is bad juju.
*Heatsinks love to go nude
Get a shop to heliarc an aluminum carrier and use a TOW TRUCK JUMPER CABLE connector to join the battery with the happy camper inverter.
Guess what? When light-fingered individuals see the connector on the connection end of the cables, they lose their lust to make off with them. Easy to install, not cheap (you need connection and cables for a diesel), and clean. Quicksilver had such a setup but there were few 24 volt rigs that needed a jump. The setup loses little purchase value over the years.
So you have an inverter with say 12' of 2/0 cable wrapped around it. Buy just the connectors and roll your own with ultra heavy duty cast copper lugs permanently bolted onto the inverter.
Under hood is bad juju.
