Car power invertors

[CraigVmax]

Guys, I am an electrical mong, will a power invertor power

- a small chip fyer
- an espresso machine

Method in madness dont worry!

[CraigVmax]

i'll check, like i said, i am a mong

[neil_bolton]

CraigVmax said:

Guys, I am an electrical mong, will a power invertor power

- a small chip fyer
- an espresso machine

Method in madness dont worry!

VMax food quality going up in the world eh?

[HellDiver]

Most invertors are 200-400W. Chip pans are normally 3000W.

Besides, most ciggy lighter sockets only output 120W (10A) and alternators only output 80-100A, so you'd probably burn the alternator out trying to fry your chips.

[Prof Prolapse]

I think you'll be needing a generator for either of those applicances.

Didn't know it fried the alternator though.. Surely there's some form of safety cut off on the inverter to prevent this?

[grgrgray]

There are bigger 12v inverters 1500 to 3000W, these are usualy for boats which have banks of bigger batterys. A 1500 W inverter at max capacity would be drawing iro 125AMPs so you will need to install much thicker cables than those usualy available in cars.

[CraigVmax]

gotcha, ta

[Fish981]

Can you get gas powered examples?

[CraigVmax]

yeah good point, would they get hot enough?