Inverter question

All your household electronics will be running 110-120 volt AC power. That never changes. The volts aren't the issue. The problem is your inverter lacks the ability to produce enough amperage.

 

Moose is right.
TV and PS wattage is about 500 watts together. It really close to the inverter limit. When you turning devices ON there is a peak load which is triggering inverter protection OFF.
Second mistake is to use jumper cable clamps. You have a lot of parasitic current loss due to bad contact to the battery terminals. With 500 watt consumption the current is 500 : 12 = 40 amp
Heat in place of bad connection can start fire and interrupt your gaming any time.

 

So to sum it up: what would be a sufficient inverter to run let's say: tv,laptop,Xbox , etc.

 

I don't need just enough. I need more than enough. Sometimes I'll jump on that Xbox live for my entire 10 hour reset lol.

 

Apples and bananas.

If you are independent and have a properly installed inverter, 2500W should do for all that stuff.
Just don't turn it all on at the same time, or run everything at the same time without the truck running.

If you are a company driver, like the OP, DON'T do it. It will get you fired.
Or it will get you fried, if you do it like the OP is trying to do it.

 

I have a 750 watt inverter. The cables that came with it (NOT half ### jerry rigged jumper cables) clip to my battery terminals. It's strong enough to run my laptop, my xbox and my cpap machine at the same time. Try getting the right inverter with the intended cables.

 

I'll be watching for you.

I love to see a burning heap of left over truck.
It's the next best thing to a big NASCAR pile up.

 

I think you'll be closer to an 80 amp draw with a 1000 watter at peak output. That's a lot of juice for something you aren't planning to hardwire in. You've got to look at your batteries too. Even a steady 50 amp draw will kill four 31 series batteries pretty quickly. What about your alternator? If your trucks running a 120 amp alternator you're gonna be loading it up and taking a lot of life out of it.