How do you ground the inverter when tent camping, when your car frame or a metal pole may be too distant?
948197
I have only tried mine for temporary emergency power and did not ground ( not saying this is right because I don't know if necessary or not), but inverter ideally would have short cables and therefore be close to vehicle ( ideally 3 ft or so) otherwise will have considerable power drop. Then can use long extension cord.
948198
A metal conducting rod or pipe, like a foot long copper pipe driven into the ground should work.
948199
I think this is a question for the manufacture. I have this installed in my truck & it doesn't leave that truck.
826464
No, actually there is not. What you have is in effect a local source of 120VAC, isolated from the power grid and from ground. I'm not sure what would happen if you grounded the output outlet. It might short the inverter circuitry to ground and cause a failure.
1926904
It is loud. The amperage wound depend on your inverter, but question it. To get an inverter big enough would pull a lot of juice and likely cause the wiring in the vehicle to overheat and or pop fuses.
1969590
We do not recommend connecting the inverter directly to the charge controller; connect it to the battery instead. 8 AWG be sufficient.
1236336
I use a 1000 watt inverter connected to the battery with jumper cables. With the engine of the vehicle running it works perfectly.
1181349
I use a 425 Watt DC/AC inverter hooked up to my car battery. No issues at all. Only takes a few minutes to inflate.
1808302
I used 14 AWG stranded, because I use it as a constant fan for my truck. I also used a relay with an inline fuse to the battery for power, grounded to a good ground for power and switch ground. I attached the positive of the relay switch to a switch leg and back to a power source that is only on when the key is in the ignition at on position. check your manual or use a multimeter and test fuses that are only on with the key and off when the ignition is off. This protects your battery from drain and your electrical system from a fire. Maybe over kill but I had a vehicular fire under both gasoline and electrical (not proud of it just grateful to be alive). I hope that was of some help. I used 14 AWG stranded, because I use it as a constant fan for my truck. I also used a relay with an inline fuse to the battery for power, grounded to a good ground for power and switch ground. I attached the positive of the relay switch to a switch leg and back to a power source that is only on when the key is in the ignition at on position. check your manual or use a multimeter and test fuses that are only on with the key and off when the ignition is off. This protects your battery from drain and your electrical system from a fire. Maybe over kill but I had a vehicular fire under both... » Read More I used 14 AWG stranded, because I use it as a constant fan for my truck. I also used a relay with an inline fuse to the battery for power, grounded to a good ground for power and switch ground. I attached the positive of the relay switch to a switch leg and back to a power source that is only on when the key is in the ignition at on position. check your manual or use a multimeter and test fuses that are only on with the key and off when the ignition is off. This protects your battery from drain and your electrical system from a fire. Maybe over kill but I had a vehicular fire under both gasoline and electrical (not proud of it just grateful to be alive). I hope that was of some help. « Show Less
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What i have ran is zero gauge wire,(yes, it's huge but it carries all the current the inverter can produce) a raptor ranl1502 150 amp anl fuse, with a DB Link anlfh01 0-gauge anl fuse holder. You will also need a hammer crimper and wire lugs for the wire ends to connect to the inverter. I use an optima battery with top and side post and crimped lugs on the wires to connect to the side post on it as well. You can get the DB Link pw0r50z 0 awg positive wire on amazon for $74 for 50 feet right now. Otherwise you're looking at around $250 for other brands.
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:)
764332
You can hook it to whatever is ground where you're working. In some cases this may help but I've never found this need. If what you want is protection for you or your gear, I would recommend putting a ground fault circuit interruptor (GFCI) on the output. Some inverters have them built in but I don't think this one does. You can buy them separately or built into an extension cord.
605426
Radio Shack is the only place that comes to mind. Take the device with you since they have a way to measure the input port for the right plug. The other way would be to use a standard car to 110 inverter.
980987
We just direct wired it into the 12 volt system and eliminated the power box converter. Just cut the wire off the box and direct wired it into a FUSED CONNECTION. Make sure you fuse protect it. Try 10-15 amps if that doesn't hold then go to 20 amps. Mine works just fine. Powers right up and finds the birds in less than 3-4 minutes. Much better that that Tailgater mess
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I would use 6 gauge stranded copper wire as you don't want any more than 3% voltage drop. If operating at the high end of the 600 watt, 4 gauge would even be better. You're actually better off positioning the inverter closer to the battery source and running an extension cord from the inverter to the usage area.
1178568
There is no ground. Run a common power to the lug on top and fused power comes out the sides. If using on an auto one option would be to use a self tapping screw to chassis ground the circuit.
1260125
Don't know what kind of system you have but we have ours on a RV and one wire came off and it cooked the two fuses on the inverter, cooked the inverter, and we had reverse polarity. So for the price of a 5.00 fuse that I could of had at our leads from the batteries it would of cured the big expense and headaches.
1576604
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 :)
1805582
I grounded the switch panel to the ground on my harness wire from the engine. All the attachments like lights and other items, those are grounded to a small bus bar that I then grounded to the neg batt terminal.