Thanks Dennis. Makes sense. I wonder if installing a switch on the DC
input side of my cheapie inverter would "kill two birds".

make it a little safer by not constantly keeping those caps charged
keep the inverter from drawing from the aux. battery even when not being used.

Neil.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> With most inverters, the power switch does not in any way disconnect the
> power from the input circuitry. All the switch does is tell the unit not to
> produce any power. The first input stage will usually be some type of
> filtering which in DC circuits usually means capacitors. Good inverters will
> have circuitry so that when the input is disconnected the capacitors will
> automatically bleed down. Cheapie inverters are often not designed to be
> permanently installed.
>
> Dennis
>
>
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