2000w Inverter Install

I'll have to ask my installer, but I'm guessing they sized the fuse to the inverter. I bought the inverter on my own and brought it to them, and asked them to install wiring to it. So I'm guessing the 300 amp fuse matches the inverter. Depending on what my installer says, and what the inverter company says when I call them, I'm likely to have it swapped for a 90 amp fuse (based on what folks have said in this thread).

 

Thanks for the input. I appreciate it and you can rest assured am going to look into it fully. I originally only wanted a 1000w pure sine wave inverter, but I couldn't find one online that had an ETL or UL listing, and that's very important to me. I hadn't thought much about what load I'd put on the inverter. It would probably only be a refrigerator, computer and TV.

 

The installer did say that fuse would probably never come into play. I was surprised when I saw it was 300 amps. I'm going to look into all of this thoroughly. One good thing is that I am the only person who will ever use this, and I'll never put much of a load on it. Still, I want to understand all of the ins and outs, and I want a reasonably-rated fuse there that would come into play at a reasonable point should that need ever arise.

 

I'll use it very occasionally when the power goes out. I don't think I'd ever have more than a refrigerator, TV and computer plugged into it (maybe an LED lamp, too). I suppose I might use it camping, but, then again, I haven't gone camping since I was a kid (like 1984, so that isn't likely).

 

Oh, I'd never connect it to my house. I have some 10 and 12 awg extension cords. I do have a Kill-A-Watt meter.

 

The way I understand it, you could use an inverter with any car. The problem is that to prevent the 12v battery from depleting, you'd have to leave your car running constantly. That would waste a lot of gas as the inverter would be using only a small fraction of the power generated by the burning of the gas.

If I understand correctly, the Prius is particularly well-suited to running an inverter because, IF you leave your Prius in the "READY" mode, the hybrid battery will maintain the 12v battery, and, whenever the hybrid battery gets low, the Prius will automatically run the gas engine long enough to recharge the hybrid battery. What's great about that is that the gas engine doesn't have to run all the time, and, when it does run, it is a small, efficient engine and the electricity it generates is stored in the hybrid battery, meaning less waste. Maybe others can comment on this, but this is my understanding.

 

Yes, they tested it at the shop, and I tested it here. I mean, I haven't run it for any amount of time, if that is what you're asking.