How do I run this from my car battery, instruction manual is not helpful?
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On back of inverter, do connect the positive to positive on battery, and neg to neg on battery. Manual has drawing to show how and this instruction -- "Connection to the battery-Lay the flexible connecting cable (positive) and (negative) from the battery to the connecting terminals of the inverter-Connect first the positive, then the negative cable.! Make sure the terminals are not reversed!Reverse polarity connection will blow the internal fuses. This will void the warranty."I hope that helps. Wish I could attach drawing from manual (will try to attach photo to product page). On back of inverter, do connect the positive to positive on battery, and neg to neg on battery. Manual has drawing to show how and this instruction -- "Connection to the battery-Lay the flexible connecting cable (positive) and (negative) from the battery to the connecting terminals of the inverter-Connect first the positive, then the negative cable.! Make sure the terminals are not reversed!Reverse polarity connection will blow the internal fuses. This will void the warranty."I hope that helps. Wish I could attach drawing from manual... » Read More On back of inverter, do connect the positive to positive on battery, and neg to neg on battery. Manual has drawing to show how and this instruction -- "Connection to the battery-Lay the flexible connecting cable (positive) and (negative) from the battery to the connecting terminals of the inverter-Connect first the positive, then the negative cable.! Make sure the terminals are not reversed!Reverse polarity connection will blow the internal fuses. This will void the warranty."I hope that helps. Wish I could attach drawing from manual (will try to attach photo to product page). « Show Less
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I hooked it up to the extra headlight wire that was taped up. You do not need to run a big power cord from the battery. Just find a power wire in the area.
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The two small terminals are the trigger, or coil wires. When 12V is applied to these, it closes the contact making a connection between the two large terminals. Run a wire from the battery negative, or a chassis ground point to either of the small contacts. You'll need to find a 12V + source that cycles on-off with the ignition switch. Run a wire from this point to one side of the toggle switch. Run a wire from the other terminal on the toggle switch to the remaining small contact on the relay. This will allow you to cycle the fan on & off with the toggle switch but will also cut the fan off automatically when you cut off the car to keep from running down the battery if the toggle switch is left on. Run a wire from the battery negative to the fan negative input side. Next run a wire from the battery positive, using an inline fuse, to either of the large terminals on the relay. Lastly run a wire from the remaining large relay terminal to the positive input wire on the fan. The wire to the relay coil, or trigger can be #16 or even #18 wire and will be fine. Depending on the fan size, the wires to the large terminals, and to the fan will need to be #14, or even #12 to carry the load, if you've got some #10 that would be fine as well, bigger is better up to a point here!
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Hello Brian, The instruction should be on the back of the black box. Please remove the plastics on the battery terminal before using the battery. Thank you
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I'm so sorry! I think your battery must be dead because typically if the car is on you will here some noise, like a few chirps. I did find this for you on a blog:1 Found HelpfulTry reprogramming the remotes: Turn ignition on, press and release programming/Valet button on antenna three times. You should here a short chirp, press the lock button on one remote. You should here a long chirp. Press the lock button on the other remote, you should here a long chirp. Turn ignition off. Test system.Good Luck Miguel!
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Check this out: http://www.ehow.com/how_7230474_connect-portable-radio-car-battery.html
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Hello Brian,The instruction should be on the back of the black box. Please remove the plastics on the battery terminal before using the battery.Thank you
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No problem running off of car battery, this unit will shut off when the battery voltage reaches 11.8 volts DC still enough power to start most any car, suv or truck
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You can't, it runs on batteries....However, you can recharge the battery with a mini usb cable and the correct adapter or connect it to a computer.
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I only use mine with an adapter and plug it into a wall socket. I you leave it plugged into your cigarette lighter and the engine isn't running, it will run down the battery. My cigarette lighter doesn't have power unless the car is running, anyway.
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find any 12 volt source via; cigarette lighter,stereo,etc.. just find a hot 12 volt source and a ground. you can put a toggle switch on the lights for easy on/off access. Plus you don't want to kill your battery by accidentally leaving them on so if you run them directly to the battery make sure you have a on/off switch. cheap about $2.00
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Car batteries can supply up to 700+ cranking amps, but that is not the point. This device is going to use 5amps at 12 Volts. So you can hook it up via the cig lighter or wire direct. But I agree, this should have came with some documentation. It came with no specs or directions.
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It requires the AC power supply. I suppose you could plug it into an AC/DC converter and plug that into your cigarette lighter, but at that point I think you are getting more complicated than it's worth.
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I don't know. I don't have a car battery connector and haven't tried, sorry. Maybe another person can answer it. I would think if you get the correct power cord you should be able to.
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Make sure it is charged up and then connect the cables on each side just like you would jumper cables. If I remember right, you turn the switch on the back to "on" and then start your car. Works great!!
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I wired mine into an always hot cigarette lighter jack. But you could run on a 12V battery but I am not sure how long it would run. Would depend on your battery.
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I ran mine from the battery so I can use winch w/o having ignition on or atv running.