What gauge wire from batteries to inverter
I am going to install an inverter in my trailer and am curious about what gauge wire I need to run from the batteries. To be honest I really don't have an application or device I want to run off it. I...
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opnspaces wrote:
wow, thanks for the education everyone and thanks Soundguy for the chart. It looks like I better figure out realistically how long my run will be so I can if I really want to do this and how much it will cost.
Soundguy said he doesn't pull more than 70A. What would cause that kind of load?
We normally camp on electric sites but I installed an inverter for those times we may lose shore power. In those cases I can still power our toaster which draws a measured 696 watts or our coffee maker which draws 505 watts. At a nominal 12 volts that's ~ 58 amps & ~ 42 amps respectively. The question though in your case is, aside from heavy wiring necessary to make the most of a 2000 watt inverter what do you intend to use to power the inverter, 'cause a single battery sure isn't going to do it? :h
