Hi Dennis,

The specs on the Xantrex 1000W inverter mention that it pulls 0.3A
when switched on with no load, but I would expect that to only apply
when the unit is switched on.  I installed mine yesterday, and will
be field-testing it with the trip to EveryBus in three weeks.

Tomorrow I will put an ammeter inline with the unit and see if
there's any draw when it's off.

http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/23/p/69/pt/8/product.asp

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 24-Mar-06, at 8:59 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> How do you know it is drawing any current? If you are going by that
> spark when it is first connected, that is just a small surge from
> charging the input filters.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Geza Polony
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:39 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 110v wiring question...
>
> Shawn,
>
> I intalled a 1,000 watt inverter in my Vanagon a few months ago and am
> now
> discovering that it places a small load on the aux. battery even when
> "off"
> and not in use. Don't know why this is or if the inverter is
> defective,
> but
> it's something to be aware of if you're not already. Also, having done
> it
> now,  my feeling is that 1KW is WAY more capacity than you need. I had
> visions of the wife using a hairdryer, ha ha...
>
> Geza
>
>