Will this inverter work on the port in the arm rest console (12 V). what if I put it inside the console and closed it, is this safe?
1941940
It's designed to work from the 12V ports. If you have a port that connects directly to the battery (one that's on all the time it's the preferred one) otherwise you can use the port that you have available. You can't enclose it there has to be air circulation around it.
823640
I have not noticed a problem with the charge controller. Inverters WILL generate hash, but only in a few places. I have noticed it in the 40-meter ham band.
822911
this inverter is a under powered inverter. go with a aims inverter!! I picked up a pure sine wave aims inverter and have been loving it.
1775047
I'm in a Motorhome using an inverter, now mine is a pure sine wave model so it's clean AC and have had no issues. If your Inver doesn't produce a clean AC you might damage the control
1616756
I only wish I knew.It just runs on a regular current....I do not know what an inverter is. I sure do like mine under my desk.
626443
I ran a small 400 watt inverter off of this unit to operate a laptop computer up on the dash of my motorhome while underway. Worked fine but the key of course is having it on a properly fused 12 volt circuit matched to whatever device your trying to run. This unit has a 15 amp limit. Use it improperly and I'm sure it would burn up.
949482
it goes by the span of the run so the longer the strech the thicker the cables shoulld be,if its close to the inverter and dont have a constant 5000 watts u should be safe , listen up you have to put a buss fuse in the pos cable around 150 watts,you can find it here on amazon.
1380647
My micr0wave does not work on any inverter that I can find I'll have to send it back but it does work in the house but I need it work in my truck
99345
if you plug it into the cig lighter/power receptacle (which is 12 volts), and nothings plugged into the the inverter, it seems like the inverter is bad.
881415
The intended purpose of this device is to directly feed the power off the solar panel to this inverter with its 120 vacpower to the grid. If for any reason you come off the battery the voltage to the inverter must be at leastthe minimjm dc input voltage of the inverter, usually around 24 vdc. All in all I dont see the inverter workingoff the 12 volt battery.
97623
I doubt that the invertor would see the same high temp, the roof surface underneath the panels will not have sunlight on it so will not get as hot as the unprotected parts. Just my opinion:)
1830357
No. The invertor only works with a nominal voltage of 240/120. It "senses" the power from grid tie and will shut down when no power is available. Check out Enphase website for more details.
540277
Truthfully, I have not used it with 12V DC but clearly I don't see a reason why will it not work as all it is doing is relaying the signal. Question is whether it can stay awake with 12 volt or not. I am not sure but I am certain it will not cause any damage to the unit by you trying 12 volt input. Hope this helps...
683246
This controller does have a "load" connection for lights or any "Load', but the controllers rating is only 7 amp. Hooking up a power inverter and expecting it to never pull 7 amps would mean the load can't be over ~60 watts which seems pretty low for an inverter, so I'd not try it. Also if the inverter is running anything that has any kind of "surge" load, the controllers rating needs to be able to handle that too, so it doesn't sound like the best idea to have an inverter running through a controller like this (I've even seen the inverter alone create a fair arc as I connect up the wires to batteries because of charging capacitors). If you're pretty sure you have a steady load that will be under 20 amps at 12V, then there are controllers rated at that, but I'd not try it with something under ~20 amp rating even for a 100-150 watt inverter (which is almost the smallest size for inverters).
1676405
Doubt that it will fry the inverter, but it definitely will not work. The Inverter will not turn on if the voltage is above about 28 volts. If you wish to use that inverter you need a 12-18 volt panel.
1707268
It worked fine in mine until the power went out on the system. We could not get the power to come back on but it was working fine. I hope this helps
59844
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.