Re: Christmas Parade - Inverter

Posted by KEB on December 09, 2006 at 19:27:41 from (72.19.170.5):

In Reply to: Christmas Parade - Inverter posted by SuperA-Tx on December 09, 2006 at 10:38:53:

Depends on how many & what kind of lights you're using. The little miniature lights only use about 40 - 50 watts for a string of 100. Allowing for a little bit of inefficiency in the inverter, you could run a couple strings & still only draw 10 amps from the charging system.

Inverters in the couple hundred watt range are available all over the place. I bought a 400 watt one at Costco (I think) for about $30 a while back. Something like that would be plenty to run a couple strings of miniature lights.

As long as you don't draw more current than the generator/alternator is continuously rated for, there shouldn't be any problem. Alternatively, a decent size deep cycle battery could probably handle a several hundred watt inverter for an hour long parade without any problem.

Keith

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