Power inverters

windrose · Post by **windrose** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:33 pm

What are you guys doing in the way of power inverters? Windrose does not have shore power but will have a deep cycle house battery and a seperate deep cycle systems battery. I was thinking of adding a small power inverter (600 watts). Thoughts/suggestions?

Post by **dasein668** » Sat May 14, 2005 6:28 pm

We have a small inverter. I think its 300 watts. We use it for charging the camera batteries, cell phone, and laptop. Works great for that. It's the device to the left in this photo.

Post by **Tim** » Sat May 14, 2005 7:06 pm

I have a similar one, though I think it might be 400 watts; mine has two receptacles. Mine is just stored on a shelf forward of the electrical panel; I plug it into a lighter fitting on the panel. I use it for the same jobs as Nathan listed.

Post by **dasein668** » Sat May 14, 2005 7:53 pm

Note that mine also plugs into a cigarette lighter plug?it's hidden behind the panel.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:16 pm

I have a 300W unit similar to the one in the picture, only yellow. There is a huge energy loss when using a converter so I do not plan on using it very often.