What? Where'd you find a 400W inverter that draws 2.6A without a load?
That's one poor design. My Harbor Freight unit draws about 1/10th that
without a load.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 10/27/2009 5:04 PM Jim Arnott wrote:

> Just poking around on the 'net indicates that a 400W 120V inverter
> draws 2.6 amps continuous.  That would suck the battery dry in 36 or
> so hours. Turn it off when you're not using it.
>
> Jim
>
> On Oct 27, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
>> I'd be interested to know the kind of inverters used. I would think
>> cheaper
>> ones would drain like a wall wart.
>> Michael in San Antonio
>> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>> 73 Beetle
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Arkady Mirvis <arkmirvis@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Fellow listees,
>>>
>>> Let me warn you about inverters. I have 2 installed in my Westy: 12
>>> to 120
>>> volts (400 watts)
> snip
>>> Four days later my two batteries were almost totally discharged!
>