Would it be possible to hook this to a car battery in a storage closet in my home to use as an emeergency power source? Would anything else be needed?
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You would not want to use a "car battery", you should use a deep cycle battery often used in RVs. If you are considering the 3000 watt unit, you would need more batteries to sustain the load for an extended period of time. I use 4 deep cycle 6 volt batteries in a series/parallel configuration in my RV for providing power without being plugged or running the generator. As mentioned in other comments you will need to keep the battery charged until you need it.
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This would work, but 1 12v deep cycle marine battery will not last very long. I use this with a bank of 4 marine batteries at 220ah each in my bus and it is good enough for about 12 hours using lights, TV, Radio, and mini fridge. Most people use 6v golf cart batteries. You can wire 2 together in series to make 12v, and then you can wire sets of 2 in parralell to increase amp hours (how long they last. The other thing to consider is a means of charging the battery when not in use. If you are using a single battery, a 6 amp "smart" multi-stage charger should be fine. I use a 45amp-maxx 4 stage smart charger from Go Power. Works great! This would work, but 1 12v deep cycle marine battery will not last very long. I use this with a bank of 4 marine batteries at 220ah each in my bus and it is good enough for about 12 hours using lights, TV, Radio, and mini fridge. Most people use 6v golf cart batteries. You can wire 2 together in series to make 12v, and then you can wire sets of 2 in parralell to increase amp hours (how long they last. The other thing to consider is a means of charging the battery when not in use. If you are using a single battery, a 6 amp "smart" multi-stage charger should be fine. I use a... » Read More This would work, but 1 12v deep cycle marine battery will not last very long. I use this with a bank of 4 marine batteries at 220ah each in my bus and it is good enough for about 12 hours using lights, TV, Radio, and mini fridge. Most people use 6v golf cart batteries. You can wire 2 together in series to make 12v, and then you can wire sets of 2 in parralell to increase amp hours (how long they last. The other thing to consider is a means of charging the battery when not in use. If you are using a single battery, a 6 amp "smart" multi-stage charger should be fine. I use a 45amp-maxx 4 stage smart charger from Go Power. Works great! « Show Less
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It would work however the power drain on a standard car battery would use up any charge it had really quickly. You need to hook it up to a deep cycle battery, like a RV battery. The charges last a lot longer, but they also cost $200-$400.
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you need at least 6 batter to make this invertor useful I have cabin and it is connected to12 batters
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Yes, but you would want a couple 12 volt AGM sealed batteries and if you want to charge the battery you'll need a charger. The 10 amp Go Power one is fine.
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It will work with a car battery but you won't get much back up time out of a car battery, for this application you need to use a deep cycle battery
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Ashley,You would have to keep air circulating around the inverter or it will get hot and shut down.Joe
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I wouldent recomend it because as you use the unit the battery will heat up and release hydrogen gas into the air and cause an explosion hazzard.
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Yes, you can hard wire to your fuse box. However, your are risking of drain out the battery. You could try with a high capacity portable battery, something like Poweradd Pilot Pro 32000mAh.
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I dont think so. I thought of that before I purchased it. I do have a power inverter in my van that if I needed to I could run an extension cord and still use it. It pulls a minor amount of electricity,
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I would think. I use it to jump my motor home which is stored. This has a lot of power and jumped a dead battery instantly.
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Short answer is "no". There are two wires coming out of the unit that you can basically connect to the terminals of a 12V battery (I used a car battery). You'd need to get a 12V power supply that plugs into the wall and hook it up to that if you wanted non-battery power.
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Sorry I really don't know if that would work. However I use a trickle charger for a car battery and use battery to power my trolling motor and the charge last about five hours of continuous use.
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Sure it would work... but 1.5 Watt panel is not very much input in a car or truck battery. How much amp out put is that panel? Let me know... Don
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This item can be connected directly to a 12 volt battery. You would need to provide a charging source for the battery.
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I don't think so. This is a small battery maintainer with mill a amp rating. You need something that would have a large amp reading. This is not for that job.
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Almost anything can be wired into a car. This is a home unit design. the power source is 110Volt standard to 9volt 750ma output.I'd look for a car 12volt unit designed for a car
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I'm not totally sure but I think not. The solar panel and car battery have quite different amperages. You'd hate to fry your fan with too strong a current. I would look at the max voltage and wattage of the panel and do the same for the car battery. They should be identical or very close before you try it. also, why would you need to run the fan at night when the sun is not heating up your attic space?
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Yes, I have this connected to a 12 volt car battery and it works great. Best practice to use a fuse.
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I believe is mostly for cars not for home or business, you need to convert all to 12V direct energy, i guess that is better an receiver for this purpose
856270
I use mine with a Marine deep cycle car battery to power lights and a tablet as a portfolio at an art fair, so yes it'll do the trick.
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Yes, you can. It only needs a 12 volt power source; which your car battery is.
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It is possible to hook up an external battery pack, it'd be a diy project though. Otherwise, like the other guys said, you're stuck with having to have a power outlet
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Not likely. Car power adapter should work but you'd have to rig some way to keep it in place on the dash.