Date:         Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:48:33 -0500
Reply-To:     Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Power Inverter advice requested
Comments: To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <A1CEE806-F78E-483E-8054-A3BF78FDD417@gmail.com>
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Roger,
Don't feel bad, it could have been worse. My daughter borrowed my 2002
Golf for an extended trip (NC to FL). To save time and money, her and
hubby thought they would make breakfast in the car instead of stopping
somewhere. Long story short, they blew the alternator by plugging a
toaster into a small inverter like this:  http://tinyurl.com/847cr6x .

Morale of the story here is: do the math.   Spend some time on Google to
prevent problems.

http://www.bdbatteries.com/inverterconsiderations.php

http://theinverterstore.com/blog/2009/12/29/power-inverter-efficiency-are-you-getting-the-most-from-your-system/

The worst part of the story; it was Fourth of July weekend. She had to be
towed to some scary garage in Alabama. It really bordered on a nightmare.

Ken



On Fri, November 11, 2011 1:43 am, Roger Whittaker wrote:
> Dear powerful needs
> I got. Really great inverter  1500 watts peak power 750 constant and fixed
> it to the cabinet wall behind the drivers seat with direct wires to aux
> battery
> It was a vector
> I say was cause I smoked it by plugging an 1100 watt micro wave into it :(
> ...my bad
> Pics to follow to your p mail
> Regards
>
> Sent from my iPhone...
> There must be a lifetime of thought in the last second if we are to live
> from moment to moment.
>
> On 2011-11-10, at 2:22 PM, Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> We need to add a power inverter to our van as we will be traveling and
>> want
>> to be able to charge the laptop computer battery.  Would any List Member
>> whom has knowledge on this subject please advise/assist in helping me
>> choose a unit that we be sufficient for this and maybe able to handle a
>> bit
>> more should need arise.  For now our primary concern is the computer but
>> if
>> there is a unit that can handle more for a reasonable price I would
>> probably purchase it as our needs may change in the future.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Mark in AK
>> `87 Westy Syncro
>
>