i bought a 700 watt microwave and ordered a 700w inverter for the cigerate lighter. i was informed by maplin that anything over 300 watts needs to go direct to battery. Is there any way around this?
there is a 24v jack type plug in the cab but i am unsure what goes in it and what i can use it for? thanks jim
In a word, no. Anything drawing that amount of power needs some decent sized cables and connectors. Bear in mind that a 24v kettle will melt a ■■■ lighter socket and the hella type although better are no match for a microwave.
The simple way of doing it is to run a tail from the batteries into a female anderson connector and have this secured on the chassis somewhere suitable. Then run a second tail from your inverter out through the cab floor with a male Anderson connector and join the two. This will allow easy disconnection for tilting the cab.
Two things to check. Firstly is the inverter up to the job?. I don’t know specifics but I’m sure you need an inverter rated well above the wattage of the microwave. Secondly when you come to doing the job ask someone like an auto electrician what size of cable you need, you’ll be surprised how big they’ll say and shocked when you see the cost of it.
There are plenty of threads on here about this subject and plenty of people who can give you the info you need.
Cheers
Neilf
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i bought a 700 watt microwave and ordered a 700w inverter for the cigerate lighter.
that’'s not the same, The 700 watt on the microwave is OUTPUT not INPUT , plugging those together will melt things.
i was informed by maplin that anything over 300 watts needs to go direct to battery.
Maplin are giving good advice