On Sat, 24 May 2014 15:51:57 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 24 May 2014 12:57:42 -0500, Vic Smith


I looked into using an inverter to power my house a while ago.
Instructions are all over the net,
The first thing you learn is you need heavy copper from the battery to
the inverter. I forgot the sizes, but it's thick copper, especially
is you're coming from a car/truck battery, and have the inverter out
of the engine bay.
Like jumper cables, you don't go cheap.
Lots of people do it right, and have no issues.

But they are NOT running a house on a 12 volt inverter!!!!!! Running
even 1000 watts on a 12 volt battery pack is not a terribly wize
decision. 24, 26, or 48 volts makes a WHOLE LOT more sense.

Some do, during outages. No big deal if done right. You're not going
to run your central air, and you'd probably buy a bigger inverter.
But for powering the fridge, some lights, etc., they work fine.
Fridge doesn't kick on often.
Typical car alt is 100 amps. Figure it out.
I didn't do it because the outages are rare here.
Not worth it.
Some contractors have permanent installs on their trucks for 120v
tools.
You just have to know what you're doing.