Inverter question.

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by Concorde, Jul 24, 2017.

  1. White Dog

    White Dog Road Train Member

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    Do you know that for sure? That is a LOT of power....means you'd need an 1800 watt inverter, or you'd "peak out" a 1500 watt inverter, and it won't start up.
    My 1000 watt inverter did everything it could to start my coffee maker at 850 watts.
     
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  3. driverdriver

    driverdriver Road Train Member

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    It's what I found when I searched on line , 1500 peak and 200 to 400 watts continuous. s
    Some of those keurig require even more.

    Yeah that coffee pot of yours was probably peaking right at 1000, or I should maybe say surging to just about 1000 each time it pumped water during brewing.

    My little 5cup is 650 but im sure it surges to nearly 1000 .
     
  4. gkmissingca

    gkmissingca Light Load Member

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    Probably old news by now, but if you had an inverter with a separate battery, it could work. For example mount needed inverter to a jump pack. Keep jump pack charged off cigarette lighter. Then you have both in case of emergencies too.
     
  5. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    We had freightliner direct wire our big inverter into our batteries with the express approval of several company officers at our cash expense. Stick a 1200 watt 120 volt mr coffee on there provided that alternator is at cruise feeding it. It's pulling serious amps.

    We did have a little 300 watter for the laptop and that's about all you want to stick into a 12 volter.

    Ive had wire fires from the old direct screw connections 12 volts red and black from back in the day when that radio tried to pull more current greater than the wire rating gauge size. (10 gauge was what you wanted. Nothng smaller....) But I hear they do not include that kind of power access these days.
     
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