Ok. So you connected the inverter to the Westy's 12v system, (house or
starter battery) then plugged refer AC into inverter?

Because your refer ran better on AC?

Just curious.

Neil.

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

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On 6/19/07, David Etter <detter@mail.auracom.com> wrote:
> Just a note about Canadian Tire (a.k.a. China Tire) Inverters. Their
> 450 Watt model is suspect. I have gone through 3 of them, all
> replaced under warranty as the first 2 each quit in less than 30
> days. I now also carry a spare by Cobra and I've got my fingers
> crossed.
>         My very first Inverter (I forget the brand) was a 300 Watt
> and it ran the Dometic for two years without a problem until I cooked
> it by plugging into a AC outlet before unplugging the inverter.
> Bummer...
>
>                                 David(dsl82westy)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> >Many of those fridges, even though they only draw 70 watts, they need a
> >momentary "slam" of 600 or so watts to start the compressor. for the record,
> >the "digital" inverters from Canadian Tire can handle this, in particular
> >the 800 watt model. Last summer, I ran a cheap household/bar  Danby 4.5 cu
> >ft fridge off of an Optima Yellow-Top with this particular inverter (in an
> >RV).
> >
> >YMMV
> >Tom
>