How many inverters like these (and how many car batteries) do I need to power 4 electric devices each 1500W, 15 Amps?
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The inverter is a 3500 W. 4 1500 W equals 6000 w. That would mean you would need 2. I use this inverter on my boat. It runs a household refrigerator of approximately 1800 W. The best thing about this inverter is that it will shut down if it is back fed. Since I switch from AC to DC this feature is extremely valuable. I would recommend this inverter because I have tried Xanax and I burnt out 4 them. As far as the amount of battery you need it all depends on how long you going to run the unit.
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This kit won't provide enough power for a 5000 watt inverter. You'll need to calculate the distance for a 450 amp load, assuming 12 volts, your 5k watt inverter and a safety buffer. Additionally, you want finely stranded conductors as DC current prefers the fine strands over the thicker material you can pick up at your local hardware store (typically designed for AC power.) If you can't find the product you need on Amazon, check out a local welding supply shop, car stereo shop or a business that works with solar power or specialty battery supply. Don't forget a properly rated fuse as well.
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It needs 12 volts battery. Inverter needs air flow inside Battery Cables cannot be too long to attach to inverter no more than 4 to 6 feet of battery cables. batteries will need to be recharged. How many watts are going to use from the inverter. It only gives about 2/3 of its 1500 watts. Researched everyone that is using for emergency was using a running car or some sort way of regeneration to batteries.
1565596
Sorry for the Vagueness, I'm talking about using an inverter hooked to my car battery to power small appliances in my tear drop camper
974748
You run the panels to a charge controller. These put out 3.33 amps roughly. If you have a charge controller that can handle 15 amps, you could run 4 of these together.
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I would, 2000 watts @ 12 volts = 166.6 amps. The hot leg of any circuit (AC or DC) should always be protected with a fuse or circuit breaker. If you don't have a manual on your inverter search the internet to try to find its spec sheet to find out its max load in amps then size your fuse (or breaker) just slightly larger then it's max amp load
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Yes you can use the inverter when the car is running and your battery is charging as long as your electrical system voltage level does not drop too low. Most modern invertors will shutdown to keep from draining the battery to the point of not starting the car (at least in theory) at around 11-10.5 volts. The question of using two power drills at the same time will come down to how many amps they are pulling, as the inverter is rated at 1500 watts continuous power that gives you ~14 amps (you would be safer to think around 12-13 amps @ 110-120 volts AC if your going to plan on using all day, but then I would suggest a generator instead of an invertor in your car, less gas, less idling your car, and it is a product built to make electrical power where you need it) to run your tools. So back to two drills, if they were say, two Dewalt 3/8" variable speed drills that pull 5.4 amps like mine that I have used and abused for 15 years, yes you could use this inverter to do it. And that should be find even if the guys are both running them like mad men at the same time (~11 amps total).
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I am not an electrician but a 1600 watt inverter will power an 800 watt item, how fast it will drain your batteries I have no idea. What may be of concern is your startup watts for the pump. Some name plates on pumps will give you the starting amps. I believe the formula is Watts = Amps Times volts. So if your startup watts for the pump are more than the startup watts of the inverter you may have a problem. I think this inverter was rated 2000 or 2500 startup watts. That's the best my limited knowledge can give you.
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And to add to Clark's formula. If your alternator is up to 15 volts. That is 208 amps for 2000 watts of inverter power. Note: Your alternator better be a huge one to handle those loads.Rule of thumb for inverters. It will draw 1 amp for ever 10 watts. so 2000 watts is 200 amps. If your inverter has continuous rating of 2000 watts with a surge of 4000 you need 400 amp fuse and wire like 2/0 gauge OFC (Oxygen Free Copper). I would suggest staying away from the copper clad (CCA) cables at these power levels.
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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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I purchased this same inverter with hope to use 4 Renogy 240 watt PV panels. It could work but you need to add up the total Amps output for each panel which was 7.7 x 4 =30.8 amps. you will need to have a circuit breaker that will handle this amount of Amps or your circuit will trip. I decided to use different technology. Good Luck with your project.
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need 20 amps . Not sure on inverter . And you need a heavy.duty extension if you use one.
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we bought that kit the inverterwas too small for what we needed to do we bought the 6000 it does a great job we are running for 100 watt solar panel 6 /6 volt batterywe run it from 12 o'clock in the afternoon 2 ,1 o'clock in the morning then we lost power we are living in a 40 foot trailer we plan on adding a 900 wind generator and 6 more batteries that should do the trick but the 1500 watt inverter just wasn't enough hope this was help
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I use a 1000 watt inverter connected to the battery with jumper cables. With the engine of the vehicle running it works perfectly.
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Charger? I have 245 watt of panels to a BZ MPPT 250 solar Controller, to three batteries in series.To inverter.
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I can run a 750W fan heater from mine, but since my inverter is installed in a Prius the small 12V battery (30 amp-hour) won't power it alone and needs charging from the Prius. Tripplite recommends two 75 amp hour batteries for a sump pump. YMMV
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The requirement for ieee1547 is only if not hooked direct to appliance and hooked to a circuit box so it needs not to meet this requirement. It is required to be grounded to meet It's a UL approval. This is one of the best inverters in the 1500w range I have found but you do need some serious battery backup to run anywhere close to 1500 watts.