wiring power inverter

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Topic: wiring power inverter

Posted By: knockn4life
Subject: wiring power inverter
Date Posted: July 03, 2008 at 9:35 PM

i am in need of help. i want to hard wire a 400 watt power inverter to the battery but im not sure if it will kill the battery. i have heard that even when its switched off it still draws power and will kill the battery. Is this a myth or true? what other options do i have?

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Posted By: davngr
Date Posted: July 04, 2008 at 8:05 AM

some inverters can still place a load on the battery even when switched off(led's and crap) you can solve the problem by adding a seperate switch for just the power source of the inverter. so when you switch that power off the inverter is isolated completely from your battery.

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: July 04, 2008 at 3:18 PM

How much current does the inverter pull?

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