Inverter question.

Tim120

Tim120

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I have a Victron Multiplus 3000 and fogstar 460 battery.
Is it safe to have the inverter ON when driving thereby making the three pin plugs live?
Thanks for any replies.
 
Tim my only concern here is you should never start your engine whilst plugged into EHU it can damage your mains charger and ir split relay. But as you are not engaging the mains charger I don’t see why not. I think this may be why you have reservations about doing this.
 
Fisherman said:
Tim my only concern here is you should never start your engine whilst plugged into EHU it can damage your mains charger and ir split relay. But as you are not engaging the mains charger I don’t see why not. I think this may be why you have reservations about doing this.
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Thanks Bill, you are correct, I will not be using EHU so not a concern.
I'm only asking as I don't want to cause any potential issues.
 
exwindsurfer said:
My water heater takes I think about 680 watts and my alternator is pumping out 720 so job a good 'un
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720 seems a low output Jeff?

My water heater is 750W and I think that my alternator is 110A so should produce around 1500W - unless I'm wrong of course! :giggle:
 
Robmac said:
Yes sorry here too Jeff. My B2B will charge at up to 50A so I don't think that the wattage matters.
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If your wattage doesn't matter, give yourself more payload, and leave it at ohm ... :ROFLMAO:

Steve [who only has a little 1200 inverter, but it's not about the size, it's what you do with it, and it's a worker' [spellcheck in case a couple of letters are wrong ...]
 
Nabsim said:
Jeff uses a relay so I think all alternator output is available to him
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When Merl did my installation I asked him to set it to 40A in the B2B Neil, just to be easier on the Alternator. I reckon though now that it's Winter I will set it at maximum which is 50A for my B2B.
 
Robmac said:
When Merl did my installation I asked him to set it to 40A in the B2B Neil, just to be easier on the Alternator. I reckon though now that it's Winter I will set it at maximum which is 50A for my B2B.
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I have used a 30A Votronic for years Rob. At one point I was thinking of adding a second one bu was never sure what ca[acity I had on my alternator so never bothered
 
Robmac said:
Yes sorry here too Jeff. My B2B will charge at up to 50A so I don't think that the wattage matters.
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If your wattage doesn't matter, give yourself more payload, and leave it at ohm ... :ROFLMAO:

Steve [who only has a little 1200 inverter, but it's not about the size, it's what you do with it, and it's a worker' [spellcheck in case a couple of letters are wrong ...]
exwindsurfer said:
Abouthalf an hour Rob
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We're about the same, except that I wait until we're on site/aire to switch the Truma on; and have a fresh brew of coffee and a few minutes relaxation whilst the water heats up ... :ROFLMAO:

Steve
 
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