Inverter Hookup

riptricket · **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:35 pm

How would one go about hooking up an inverter?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:39 pm

The red wire is +,and the black one is -.

Sorry couldn't resist :wink:

Depends on the size of the inverter,most 500watt and below ones you can just use a cigarette plug but higher watt ones need to be directly attached to the battery.

riptricket · **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:40 pm

durangotang · **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:47 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

The red wire is +,and the black one is -.

Sorry couldn't resist :wink:

Depends on the size of the inverter,most 500watt and below ones you can just use a cigarette plug but higher watt ones need to be directly attached to the battery.

haha Troy was on a level above me....

I was going to suggest buying it a drink first :lol:

LibertyFever · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:30 am

tjkj2002 wrote:

The red wire is +,and the black one is -.

Sorry couldn't resist :wink:

Depends on the size of the inverter,most 500watt and below ones you can just use a cigarette plug but higher watt ones need to be directly attached to the battery.

LMAO

that was a good shot...

Most inverters have a higher power rating when connected directly to the battery. On my Libby I have a 400W inverter located under the passenger side seat with a 14 gauge wire connected to the battery. Of course I have it fused at the battery but I don't recall the size of the fuse, likely 20A. The inverter's ground line can be fastened anywhere on the chassis, it doesn't need to return to the battery.

Under the seat I also included a cigarette lighter splitter. You can never have too many cigarette lighter sockets.

tjkoen01 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:55 am

my inverter is only 400 watts, but I bought an amp install kit that was rated for 100 amps so I have extra capacity to run a bigger inverter, lights or whatever else. of course all of them are individually fused as well

USPLibby · **Joined:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:29 am **Posts:** 377

I just use one of these:

Perfect for charging my camera, dvd player and vid cam batteries etc.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3783136

LibertyFever · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:21 pm

USPLibby wrote:

I just use one of these:

Perfect for charging my camera, dvd player and vid cam batteries etc.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3783136

But it won't run a laptop or a slow cooker.
Seriously I sometimes run trails with a slow cooker full of chili in the back simmering away...yum

Boiler · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:10 pm

Here, you could run your circular saw with the 3200 for about $2700 :shock:

http://dimensions.sensata.com/24Volt_mi ... _3200.html

Luke09 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:20 pm

LibertyFever wrote:

USPLibby wrote:

I just use one of these:

Perfect for charging my camera, dvd player and vid cam batteries etc.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3783136

But it won't run a laptop or a slow cooker.
Seriously I sometimes run trails with a slow cooker full of chili in the back simmering away...yum

Now that's ingenuity!
Cheers

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:06 pm

Boiler wrote:

Here, you could run your circular saw with the 3200 for about $2700 :shock:

http://dimensions.sensata.com/24Volt_mi ... _3200.html

There not really worth it,I know since my M1097A2 had one of those piles of junk in it.Couldn't run the welder for nothing.

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