Handling the Cold...HOW DO YOU DO IT?

Show what work? The voltage at the battery is 12 volts. I provided a link to the math. As to the fires i know because i am in contact with a lot of people in the industry. The last fire i know about happened to a truck at a flying J in South Carolina about 2 weeks ago. Driver put it out quickly but it destroyed the battery compartment.

 

And for the record. Just because you have not seen something does not mean it did not happen.

 

So it's word of mouth not actual evidence? Ok.

 

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I used to eat 6000 calories a day and still weighed 120 lbs. I had the metabolism of a hummingbird up until I was 42, then everything I ate started sticking.

6000 calories a day is pretty easy when you eat lunch at Wendy’s and fill the in between with 500 calorie Hostess strawberry pies... all day long at work.

 

Years ago I bought an inverter / microwave package at a truck stop. I think the microwave was rated for 600 Watts, the inverter was 1000 Watts. It worked fine.
Some time later the factory fridge went, so I put in a 120 volt bar fridge. But the start up current required to get something with an electric motor going was more than the inverter could produce. It didn’t hurt the inverter any, but it fried the fridge motor.
Later I used a 1800 watt inverter and that worked good.
Now I have a pure sine wave 2500 watt inverter, it will run anything.
I use welding cable to supply power to it.

 

What is your fricking problem? If you don't believe me fine then don't it is no skin off my back.

 

OK, I guess I am going to have to get elementary on what an Inverter is. 12 VDC comes from the battery and flows into a transformer and setup that converts the Voltage to 120VAC. Because of this there is a primary and secondary side to the inverter circuit. Now there is an important thing to remember about transformers. Assuming no losses the wattage (power) in both the primary and secondary is always going to be the same. If you are using 1000 watts on the 120 volt side as well as the 12 volt side. On the120 volts side you are using at a bit over 8 amps. Remember on the 12 volt side you are still using that same 1000 watts. Now you have to use 12 volts NOT 120. When you divide 1000 by 12 you get a bit over 83 amps. I congratulate you on these good installations. However if a undersized wire is used on the 12 volt side it will get hot and might become a fire hazard.

 

@Moose1958

I'm using a 15 Amp and 125-Volt extensin cord for my block heater & to charge my Dewalt Power Inverter.

Is this an overkill?

Electric conversions are not my strongest area...lol