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Dec 2, 2009 | 09:09 PM

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1OldFordMan

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Originally Posted by Arlene

well, time for these baby blues to call it a night - catch you all tomorrow!

So long Ms. Arlene.

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:11 PM

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Good luck with round 2

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 1OldFordMan

Hey Jr. what are you guys talking about? Is that a thing to convert 12 volt D.C. to 110 volt A.C.? That sounds cool. Also sounds like a lot of work. Did you have to put in a second battery, what about the alt., etc.? As you have probably guessed by reading this I know nothing about electrical.

Yep thats what we are talking about not too much work to put em in. I have a diesel so it has 2 battery and as for the alt. Mine puts out 160 amps so it keeps up with the drain on the battery. I dont know how jr put his in.

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:13 PM

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Looks like Jr. got in trouble again.

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:13 PM

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Night Arlene!!! sleep tight!!!

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:13 PM

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I also permantly mounted the inverter on the back wall of the cab so i have power any where anytime...

yeah I mounted mine to the cage I got behind my seat

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:15 PM

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Sounds cool. That lets you run stuff off the truck battery then? If you have 2 already, one runs all that stuff & lights, etc. while the other one is just for starting the truck right? Do you have to leave the truck running while you're using it?

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:15 PM

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I hooked mine to the single battery that was in the van and went for it
not a minutes problem yet -has never even went into low battery shut off yet
and my battery is about 7 years old

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Dec 2, 2009 | 09:16 PM

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Cool I put in a piece of sanded plywood to be able to mount things to it so far i got a magcharger and the inverter next will be a switched 12v 4 cigarette lighter system

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:18 PM

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most times on those they switch when the one battery gets too low to start the truck automatically -well on the ones I have seen did

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:18 PM

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Sounds cool. That lets you run stuff off the truck battery then? If you have 2 already, one runs all that stuff & lights, etc. while the other one is just for starting the truck right?

Yea it lets me run anything that has a 110v plug. Nope both batterys run the inverter and the truck

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rodneywar

Cool I put in a piece of sanded plywood to be able to mount things to it so far i got a magcharger and the inverter next will be a switched 12v 4 cigarette lighter system

sweet -I love it for my dewalt charger for my cordless stuff -charge from job to job!
makes life so much easier

I'm getting too old to work hard~ now I try to work smart

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:20 PM

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I dont really worry about the batterys any way they both combined have 2000 cca. I was running a 700 watt halogen lamp and my sawzalls for a few hours.

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jr32560

I hooked mine to the single battery that was in the van and went for it
not a minutes problem yet -has never even went into low battery shut off yet
and my battery is about 7 years old

How much hassle to put it in? How much will it handle? Small stuff like drill, saw, etc.? Or will it do a compressor or anything bigger?

Dec 2, 2009 | 09:20 PM

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when it shut off.