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Date:         Tue, 9 Apr 2013 18:33:23 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Electrical Work and DC - AC Inverter
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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Thanks Dennis. Makes sense. I wonder if installing a switch on the DC input side of my cheapie inverter would "kill two birds".

make it a little safer by not constantly keeping those caps charged keep the inverter from drawing from the aux. battery even when not being used.

Neil.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> With most inverters, the power switch does not in any way disconnect the > power from the input circuitry. All the switch does is tell the unit not to > produce any power. The first input stage will usually be some type of > filtering which in DC circuits usually means capacitors. Good inverters will > have circuitry so that when the input is disconnected the capacitors will > automatically bleed down. Cheapie inverters are often not designed to be > permanently installed. > > Dennis > > -- Neil n

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