Does it have a fuse you can remove for storage? How about a disconnect plug
such as a small Anderson power connector?

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: neil n [mailto:musomuso@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:33 PM
To: Dennis Haynes
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Vanagon Electrical Work and DC - AC Inverter

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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Neil n

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