This will be powered off a 12v car battery with the engine running, thus the battery will be charging. Will the heater work but only at the wattage the inverter is rated? Will it hurt the inverter?
Thanks,
Don
2006-11-16 07:41:29 · 5 answers · asked by donald r 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Either the inverter will burn out or a fuse will blow. An item rated at a certain wattage will try to draw that much. If the heater has a low setting that draws less that 400 watts then it would be ok.
2006-11-16 07:44:18 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most inverters are fused so they can only put out the max they are rated for. The problem is your heater is going to take as much power as it can get to run at its full power. If your lucky the heater will simply not work very well but what will probably happen is the inverter will blow a fuse and stop working or worse it will continue to run and work harder than designed and just die.
2006-11-16 07:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by bourne3141592654 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The inverter will shut off the output. Almost all inverters are electronic (we had a rotary inverter on a plane and I had one on a military radio, so they do exist) and the protection circuits are built in. Nothing so crude as fuses on the output, usually.
2006-11-16 08:47:42 · answer #3 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing it'll trip the circuit breaker on the inverter.
2006-11-16 07:45:02 · answer #4 · answered by tumbleweed1954 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing will happen, but you need to straight wire the fuse so it would not blow. tell me where your at so i can bring the marshmellows.
2006-11-16 07:46:11 · answer #5 · answered by mitymouse30024 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋