Operational note: Most 12V “lighter sockets” are running off of a 10A fuse, and this unit will draw 40A when its peak supported load of 500W is reached. If you’re going to use more than 100W, and particularly if you’re going to do it for longer than just a few minutes, hook this up using 12ga or 10ga wire straight to the battery, using properly crimped terminals (preferably soldered and/or sealed) with a 50A fuse in the positive lead close to the battery. Those clamp leads are OK for short-term use, but even they will get hot at max rated load, and they might cause the voltage to drop enough for the inverter to shut down.
How the hell do you know so much about all things electrical?
I know things (I suppose) …
But those things either unconfirmed, speculative, immaterial, irrelevant, obnoxious, fanciful, harmful, untrue, delusional, arrogantly delusional, or theoretical.
@f00l Some of this was gleaned from others who had pointed out things about this product here previously, and some of it is from my own experience as a semi-pro (and occasionally real-pro) mechanic in years past. Plus, I’ve had some electronics tech training (not a lot, and it was 50 years ago) and I do my own wiring mods when I have electrical problems that I need to solve on my vehicles and devices. (And I picked up some practical knowledge of high current DC power systems while working for a forklift dealer in the late '80s.)
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Operational note: Most 12V “lighter sockets” are running off of a 10A fuse, and this unit will draw 40A when its peak supported load of 500W is reached. If you’re going to use more than 100W, and particularly if you’re going to do it for longer than just a few minutes, hook this up using 12ga or 10ga wire straight to the battery, using properly crimped terminals (preferably soldered and/or sealed) with a 50A fuse in the positive lead close to the battery. Those clamp leads are OK for short-term use, but even they will get hot at max rated load, and they might cause the voltage to drop enough for the inverter to shut down.
@werehatrack
Taking into account those considerations do you think it’s OK for what it does?
@f00l I ordered one, so yes.
@werehatrack
went ahead and bought one.
How the hell do you know so much about all things electrical?
I know things (I suppose) …
But those things either unconfirmed, speculative, immaterial, irrelevant, obnoxious, fanciful, harmful, untrue, delusional, arrogantly delusional, or theoretical.
Mostly. Anyway.
/giphy mostly
@f00l Some of this was gleaned from others who had pointed out things about this product here previously, and some of it is from my own experience as a semi-pro (and occasionally real-pro) mechanic in years past. Plus, I’ve had some electronics tech training (not a lot, and it was 50 years ago) and I do my own wiring mods when I have electrical problems that I need to solve on my vehicles and devices. (And I picked up some practical knowledge of high current DC power systems while working for a forklift dealer in the late '80s.)
And I read things.
@werehatrack
K00l!
[I’m envious of your skills : )]