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100 amp only gives you 1200 watt with no allowance for surge so you might as well buy an inverter much smaller lol
If I only had a single battery I would not have a 2k inverter
I have 500ah on my inverter
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but this new one says no need to externally fuse the 12volt supply.
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Then it's WRONG.
The fuse does NOT protect the appliance, it protects the cable going to it. If that shorts out you'll be very glad you had the fuse mounted next to the battery.
You beat me to it Brian.....only a fool or a tightwad would use cable capable of carrying 200amps+ and not use a fuse.Then it's WRONG.
The fuse does NOT protect the appliance, it protects the cable going to it. If that shorts out you'll be very glad you had the fuse mounted next to the battery.
And if the live conductor should become shorted to earth ? (Trapped or chaffed on a metal edge)Can you enlarge on that Brian?? Mine came complete with 2 mtrs of what I can only describe as truck duty multi strand heavy jump cables, ready crimped.
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And if the live conductor should become shorted to earth ? (Trapped or chaffed on a metal edge)
That would take seconds to glow red hot and cause a fire if a fuse isnt fitted.
A spanner dropped is a shite mechanic and cant be helped.And if, (as is much more likely), I dropped a spanner across the battery terminals?? What fuse protection has the positive lead to the solenoid/starter motor?
You beat me to it Brian.....only a fool or a tightwad would use cable capable of carrying 200amps+ and not use a fuse.
As for sourcing a fuse and carrier.....any motoring shop which deals in radio amplifiers (almost all of them) will stock a good selection of high amp fuses.....but they dont come cheap.
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Can you enlarge on that Brian??.
A spanner dropped is a shite mechanic and cant be helped.
A really shite mechanic would grab it to pull it off.
Starter cable has a selonoid in circuit....let the key go, no leccy.
Some things just cant be helped, but theres more chance of an accessory cable being badly routed than a factory installed cable.
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These are CE approved appliances John, so what gives here???
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That's not intended as a permanent unit, something like running a power tool for a while on site in my opinion.
My experience of these is that they cover their arse in the instructions by
recommending a fuse be fitted
Self taught mechanic of 45 years experience...i know how a starter works.A starter supply cable has NO solenoid in circuit, John. The cable goes directly to the motor, itself earthed out by the engine. The solenoid is activated by a key, as you say, which energises an electro-magnet, to throw a copper buzz-bar against the main battery lead contact, and hence to the motor. High ampage shorts can develop with cracked insulation, or a pitted and sticking buzz-bar.
Please see below a picture of an inverter supplied for ready use, with croc-clips supplied for attachment to a battery,......But no fuse, nor fusible link??? These are CE approved appliances John, so what gives here???View attachment 36705
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Self taught mechanic of 45 years experience...i know how a starter works.
The reference to a solenoid was a tongue in cheek comment.
Maybe CE approved but that doesnt mean a fuse has to be fitted or supplied by the manufacturer, merely that the unit has met CE approval standards for the intended purpose.
no law says its compulsory for an individual to fit a fuse, but common sense says you should.
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