yjeff
AZ to Alaska to Argentina in Land Cruisers '12-'16
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@yjeff
Great looking installs.
What size cable did you run for the inverter/sub and how long was the run (from engine compartment house/deep cycle battery I assume)? Have you tested the inverter at high load and is it working well with the cable size you have it on?
I've got a powered sub and 1kw inverter that I am considering installing in the rear quarter panel but don't know if I want to run the large cable required by the inverter since a smaller cable for just the sub would be easier to run. My research points to 2/0 cable being appropriate for the 1kw inverter which is pretty big to snake through to the rear I assume. I'm interested in your experiences and with how much you can run on that inverter without running into low voltage issues.
@jpoole
I believe it was a 0/1 awg wire. We ran it 6 yrs ago, previously I had a Xantrex 1800w inverter, but decided it was too big for what I needed. I think we started with 18 ft or so of cable and trimmed some ft off, as needed.
I ran the same 1000w inverter, in the same location, on a different 80, at 4awg, and it was fine also.