i bought this a/c for a van : Coleman Mach 3 13500 BTU , i only have one battery. what inverter will work better for me.?
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the wagan 10000 should be ran with more than one battery as it will draw hard and wear your battery out a lot sooner i would suggest a 2500 orat the most a5000 watt. the big ? is how many watts is the a/c unit?then get an inverter a little bigger than that so you wont over work your inverter. i am running 18 6volt batteries with mine. theyrun down about every 4 to 6 days. i hope this helps you out. p.s. stay away from aims inverters they do not put out what they say. wagan is your best bet for the price.
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Your A/C has a running wattage of 1900 in desert conditions and 1800 when used as a heater. I would suggest Wagan 3000 Watt Smart AC Power Inverter This will give you a little cushion to protect your inverter from from being pushed to hard. The single battery is still a concern but the inverter will shutdown when voltage is not adequate.
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You need an inverter with the same amount of output volts as your device's input volts. You need two different inverters if you need two different voltages (or one inverter that does both, but that is harder to find). The voltages you need do not match this inverter. You need something with lower volts. Amps/watts is what your inverter should have more of than you need. More volts than you need will ruin your equipment.
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Consider using something like an APC uninterruptable power supply instead. This is not a good brand of inverter and it would require a constant connection to a 12 volt battery. The power supply, on the other hand, would only use batteries during a power outage.
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I did buy this inverter..it did just what we wanted it to do... we use it for a small solar application on an off grid camp.. our biggest concern was running a small chest freezer converted to a run as fridge with a 5A start up needed. Have not had a problem.
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You will need a positive and negative cable of appropriate length between the Battery and the inverter. Size of cable should be able to run maximum output at the incerter(6 gage would suffice. Also include on the positive cable(within 6 inches of the positive battery terminal) a 60 amp fuse or dc rated breaker to protect the wire between the battery and the inverter. That will get you going and protected. Plug in your ac devices and go.
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Your inputting 12 volts d.c. from the car batteries electrical system, which the inverter conerts to 110v volts a.c. This is an excellent unit. I can use a hammer drill, circular saw, shop vac from from my service vehicle. Make sure to order an inline 200 amp fuse and fuse holder, along with 6 gauge wires. I also highly recommend getting the remote control to make it easier to turn on/off.
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For a battery of this size, I'd not go over 240 watt inverter. Actually, you can use any inverter (I got a 400 watt unit that came with a lighter plug as well as other wires), but I'd not connect up a load greater than that ~240 watts. I have at least 2 reasons. First, the lighter outlet that you'll likely want to use is for sure intended for under 20 amps (and maybe fused for only 10 amps). Secondly, the battery is likely rated "18 amp-hour" hinting it can give you 18 amps for 1 hour, or 9 amps for 2 hours, etc. For something needing just 1 amp at 120V the inverter will pull 10 amps at 12V from the battery making it last under 2 hours (or under 1 hour for 2 amps at 120V). I recommend against pulling power faster than it's rating (~20 amps) since I've seen statements in manuals like "Don't crank a car for even 5 seconds because the battery will overheat internally" and I think you're pushing your luck to expect more than that continuously.
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As Long as you got a battery bank , I say give it a shot, because the inverter will trip if it cant manage the load and all you have to do is re-set
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AC only. You would need your own inverter and a DC power source if you wanted to run on batteries.
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As long as you have a large enough battery bank feeding it there should be no problem. I have a series-parallel battery bank with 12 batteries with a 1,400 amp capacity & my inverter never misses a beat.
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Michelle your would have to look at the watts on the AC unit. ? And I could give u better answer This inverter is really a great unit but keep in mind battery. I tested it out and run a portable ac for 5 minutes on 1 fully charge battery. It worked great. My battery bank at the moment has 4 batterys links to solar panels AC unit would upto 30 minutes on what I have. Hope that helps you Inverter great. But you need a lot of batteries to run power drain units like AC Units
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Hi there. For camping. and sleeping on the back of my pickup truck. Im using a 100 watt solar pannel connected to a 125 mah battery with a 1000 watt power inverter. I also use a 200 watt heater( smallest I could find) so I wont drain the battery so quick. in other words this one can be use as well in a setu up like mine or if you want to use it in your car battery you would need to connect the 1000 watt amp DIRECTLY from the car battery. DONOT connect it of cigaret outlet. it will blow the fuse since those dont allow to go up to 1000 watts. any questions just ask :)
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I had an old 1700 watt generator during sandy. It powered my fridge and a bunch of other small things. The 3000 watt inverter isn't overkill tho. It won't draw more power than it needs. Battery needs to be good and charged as much as needed. Car alternator at least. Cables need to be thick for 3000 watts.
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We do not recommend connecting the inverter directly to the charge controller; connect it to the battery instead. 8 AWG be sufficient.
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i want to us this inverter for camping...to power up my small home heater or electric blanket..will this inverter work
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No it's a convential one.It uses gasoline.A inverter uses a DC source,car battery then converts it to AC