Inverter

[Wilhelmus Schreurs]

Don:
Another reply:
Easy way for you to see if you can use electrical equipment on the road.
Watts used has to be replaced, generally by the alternator , battery chargers or
inverters.
If you running down the road, as long as you don't overload the inverter, it
should be okay to use it for short periods of time, making toast, coffee, using
the ice maker, things like that.

Watts used = volts * amperage / 60 * minutes used.
Eg. Coffee maker = 120 volts * 15 amps /60 * 10 minutes = 300 watts.
For your 160 amp alternator at 12 volts it would take almost 10 minutes to put
that power back into your battery.
Hope this helps

Bill 84 FC 35 SB "$quanderlodge"
Terrace, B.C. Canada


----- Original Message ----
From: sfedeli3 <sfedeli3@...>
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2007 3:34:26 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Inverter













Hi Don,



I routinely use my inverter on the road to keep the ice maker going

and the laptop on and charging. During the day, it seems to draw no

more power than all of the lights do at night. I think that the draw

is usually around 65 amps when the ice maker is on. I do not leave the

ice maker on when I park for the night. Usually, it has no problem

staying cold for a few hours while we're sleeping.



Are you going to AZ this winter??



Shane Fedeli

85PT40

Hershey, PA



--- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, dspithaler@. .. wrote:

>

> Question ---- I was wandering if running an inverter when on the

road to

> use a few electrical appliances is a big draw on a 160 Amp

alternator or is it

> better to run the genny.

> Don

> 89 SP 36'

> Butler, PA

>

>

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