ELECTRICAL: hooking up inverter
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ELECTRICAL: hooking up inverter - 5/11/2006 11:45:36 AM
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strider380
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Now I'm new to this, but I wire houses and am descent with DC as well, so I purchased a 800 watt inverter that operates between 10 and 15 volts. I am in a band touring the country in a van and my game plan was to wire my inverter permanently off the battery lead and have permanent AC outlets. I figured this would more or less make a generator- - a motor powering an alternator powering an inverter giving you AC outlets. I'm not sure how most people typically install inverters but I figure:1 battery, 1 engine, 1 inverter. I know some people use two batteries, which I want to stay away from. In my mind, if I always use the inverter when the engine is running, everything will be dandy, other then a slight decrease in gas mileage. SO I did it and here's the problem. It dosn't work. When the engine is off, i test 13.5V, my inverter works excellent, but I don't want it draining my battery. When the engine is on, I tested 15.5V, over loading the 15V limit on the inverter and rendering it useless. What do I do? Is there any type of small in-line transformer I could get to drop the Voltage between 10 and 15V? Or is there somewhere else I could hook the inverter up that will get less then 15.5V? How do people usually do this? Like I said, I don't want to run off a battery that is not constantly being charged. I don't want to risk completly killing the battery and I don't want to be partially draining my battery then recharging it, as this is not good for the battery. thank you guys for any advice or tips. I only need to drop the voltage a half of a volt!!!!
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RE: ELECTRICAL: hooking up inverter - 5/11/2006 12:39:21 PM
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cwalk
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does the inverter have a voltage regulator or an adjustment screw or knob on it to adjust the output on it. Some do, some don't.
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