How to install a cool looking power panel in your vehicle

Step 6 Wiring to the battery and hiding the inverter

Use good connectors to attach the wires to the battery.  Again I used a heavier gauge of wire than the inverter unit came with.  After a few comments from my video and a pain in the butt situation I won't go into here.  I have decided to install an inline fuse near the battery even though there is an internal fuse in the inverter.  Run the wires through the engine compartment to the fire wall avoiding any hot or rotating parts. use cable ties where necessary.  I ran the wires through the firewall with the rest of the electrical wires.  You might have to drill a hole but I would avoid it if possible.  From there you need to fish the wires the rest of the way to the location for your inverter. I pulled apart my dash and found an ideal spot to mount the inverter with double sided tape.  The cooling fan is not obstructed and there is more air flow now than when the cover was on the unit.

Comments

[fzxdf5]

should have added circuit protection here...a 30A fuse or circuit breaker (both are like a buck at fea markets in my area, i have a few on hand at all times) would keep you from having, as we say in the industry, an unexpected thermo event

[dave spencer]

I am now a believer in the added fuse. Lots of protection for little cost.