Not very expo but,
During the recession I, like many people lost my job. I was dead broke, I became a repo man. 19 years old.
I was in the middle of North Dakota in January, -30f and I was lost. It was about 12pm. It was an eight hour drive home. Pre GPS, pre smart phones. I stopped at a stop...
I've seen a few sets of jumper cable where they don't even strip the wire before crimping on the clamp. They still transmit some electricity but idk, seems like a crappy product.
The inverter in the back of the truck has a display that shows DC and AC voltages but I didn't verify with a volt meter. I also wasn't watching it when the converter started to get noisy. I'll check it.
I also noticed my factory 6awg that connects my batteries to the converter 25' away is only the positive run. The negative is connected to the frame up by the batteries and the frame in the rear by the converter. Is this acceptable?
Alright, I got the inverter installed. I ran 50' of 120v extension cord back to the converter.
Time for a test. I unplugged the converter and drew the batteries down to 85%(this took 3 hours with all lights on, three roof fans on and the furnace fun running continuous). I fired up the truck...
From what I can remember they have a max speed of 55mph and you have to practically scream at your passenger to communicate at that speed. I'm 5'10 and any seat except the driver's is too cramped. Fun off road though.
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