Damian, as an electrician, I’m kinda cringing. All respect for your efforts, but the hose clamps will not hold up. The output of that inverter won’t be enough for what you have planned. Also you are going to have issues in the long run with how long your batteries will run the inverter for. You have to get a larger battery capacity if you want to use the 110 volt appliances. You will only have 10 to 20 minutes of moderate demand use. Please do a test with items you already have. That way you will know for sure how long your batteries will hold you. As for the battery jumpers, get some battery terminal blocks. Like those used for big car stereo systems, or possibly off of a semi, maybe from a salvage yard to save $$. I have seen to many disasters due to bad connections, and don’t want anything to happen to you. I enjoy your content too much. For that same reason, get checked out by a medical professional. Abdominal pain is nothing to take lightly. Keep up the great work, and peace.
Exactly I've used the ever start marine deep cycle batteries biggest ones Walmart had I think 122ah I used two of them wired in parallel to double my amp hrs but stay at 12v the higher amp hrs will give you longer run times I just picked this inverter up today haven't tested it out yet my old one was only 800watt also like they have said the hose clamps won't hold up I use starter cables that you can buy in the battery section of Walmart and the big batteries I have got a screw down terminal so all you have to do is screw in the starter cable no other Hassel and if ur worried about color coding for the positive and negative because I believe the cable only comes in black just get some red tape and wrap the cable at the ends so you know the difference.
Inverter draws A LOT of amps from batteries, you need thick copper cables that are rated over 100amps (amps * 12v = wattage) and make sure connections are proper on inverter and battery side, no crocodile clips, solid clamps. The same with cables connecting batteries together.
@@mrjaw01 Health insurance man... If he doesn't have his own then he's still young enough to be on his parents insurance. Either way you can go to a hospital and still be seen. They just bill you for the visit.
@@ae86hachi cost money to be sick in America. I have health insurance and I wont use it cause its still to expensive. I feel ya about going to the doctor but some of us just can afford it.
Now that you have power in the van you can run the block heater on a timer so that its always warm when you need it and it run off solar so even if youre nowhere near a house you can still fire it up easily
Block heater heats the oil so when you start it there's less resistance on the starter as the oil is warm and viscous as well as the fuel won't gel up if your going to let it sit a lot over the winter put some "heat" diesel fuel additive. Keep up the good work on the cars and videos 👍👍 from this guy
Any updates on this after using it a while. I was looking at this one. I want to run a 24" tv charge my drill battery 18volt and charge laptops and cell phones and maybe run a light.
I do run 1200 watts inverter in my overland rig and the battery 🔋 cables needs to be bigger otherwise will not get the top peek... and make sure you have a solid connection to the battery....
Dude glad you're feeling a bit better. But seriously get checked out your health is important and true fans of your channel understand that you need to look after yourself I'm going to DM Callie and get her to kick your ass til you go to the docs. The buzzing sound is a buzzer that reminds you your lights are on
Inverters are most efficient at 50-65% capacity loads. If you are going to be using a 1000 watt stove I recommend getting atleast a 1750 watt pure sine wave inverter with a guaranteed sustainable 1750 watt draw for at least 12 hrs... it'll save you electricity because it can be more efficient. Also hooking up a ups may be a good choice aswell
So in this situation, can you just upgrade the power inverter to 3000 and run a stove top? I have 3 12v, 200ah batteries with a 750w inveter and can't run a vaccum. Do you think I need to upgrade my batteries or power inveter? i'm new and trying to figure this out. Thanks
How much amps does that fan draw? I use them all the time just forgot. I hope you feel better man! I love the content you have been putting out! Your doing great.
@Damian Monte those little wires are going to melt at full load. If you have a power draw of 1000watts on a 12 volt battery it pulls 96 amps of current from the battery for that much current you need 4 gauge wire minimum from the battery terminals to the inverter. Also a fully charge 12 volt battery should be at 12.5-12.7 volts after setting for a day if it is below that then the battery is not charged or if it is charged then the battery has a power drain in side of the battery cell going bad. Also you could run a 2 gauge wire from those batteries and wire them to the truck battery so they will be charging when you drive and that will also help start the van to because it will have 4 batteries on it. If you decide to do that run a 2 gauge positive wire from those batteries to the positive on the van battery and run a 2 gauge wire from the inverter batteries to the frame of the van
Another question is does charge controller did you balance out the batteries on the charge controller did you go one- on one side of the battery and the other side of the other batteries you need to go to the positive so all the batteries equal out
Scored some sweet deals. Picked up 3 BRAND NEW batteries for $140 total with no core returns and a cobra 5000w peak/2500w continuous inverter for $140. It’s normally from $270-$330. All I need now is the solar panels to keep the batteries at full charge.
For your van what's the make and model of It? Also for it's noice factor, let's diagnose what it could be, so let's eliminate when and what it can't be? So does it make that sound only when the keys are in the ignition? Or without? Also where does it sound like it's coming from? It could be from a fuse that's going out but isn't completely shot, so it could be that since the fuse is just lightly arched and mildly separated so when you open the door and the dome light turns on the fuse could be making a half assed contact and just shooting thousands of little burst of electricity which is creating that buzzing sound but I dont know for sure, any insight feel free to share to with me just @ me or whatever and we'll have it figured out in no time at all.
2000 peak watts should of turned on that fan and stove no problem. The reason it's tripping its probably does not have a good connection with those alligator clamps.
Cut out the bondo weld in some patches use POR15 or some kind of rust preventer and Raptor line the van. It’ll hold up to any abuse and will hide any ruff body panels.
put the charge controller positive on one battery and the neg on the opposite battery on the other side so the power flows through all three batteries, also do the same with the inverter diagonally across the batterys. that 8 guage jumper cable aint even gonna flow 60-70 watts before it gets hot and starts to cause voltage drop
What's up Damien . Ur biggest fan Erick here, I was wondering what computer app do you use to edit? I have so much content but I can't post it without editing it cuz that's just a ghetto mess. I would love you feedback man , I just want a movie maker app and want to know what you use. Thank you ,hope you feel better
sounds like a lose/mis wireing in the van. had something like that happen in our house a few weeks back with the safty switch turning the power off but somehow it turned it self on again bacause it was sending out too much over and killed our coffie machine.
@JPG23 It's you-tube videos that shows how you can use a car as a generator.Can a 1000cc car battery with a 1,000w power inverter power a electric oven that's 800w or even a 800cc car battery ?
inverters have a slight loss of power when it converts DC to AC so a 1000watt converter probably can only do about 800 watts continuously but yea 800 is more than enough to be useful your good man. the only reason people put 2000 to 3000 watt inverters is cause they have mini fridges or portable air conditioning units in the van.
That thing is 1000w sure But it said only 3 amps..... A hairdryer is about that. The amps are what's tripping it. Most new phones are 2 amp charge. That inverter is junk.
So that inverter would have no problem running a 41,, TV an an xbox? Would too no i am looking into getting one an. Downt know too much about me. A little advice would be hellfull.
You should really look into using 2 6 volt batteries instead of 12v. You wire the 2x 6v in series instead of a bunch of 12 in parallel. It is a very popular method in the rv world. Alot more power to be had. Also you need 12.3v to crank a car so starting at 12.2 is really low voltage
Cool yeah my instructions don’t say it, but I’ve ran positive and negative to battery with correct wire and fuse and I start truck running for awhile, turn on the inverter and it’s only saying 4 watts and truck has new red top optima new alternator
I use a 900 watt Inverter on my pickup truck when the power is out for short periods and I don't wanna fire the generator I run a TV satellite dish and my refrigerator plus charge phones. The great thing about using a vehicle as a generator is the huge gas tank capacity! A vehicle can set and idle for days and days on a tank of fuel ⛽
I have a 750 watt inverter just for my gaming laptop that's rated for 230 watt. I'll tell you this I did try a 400 watt inverter and it caused so many issues from over heating my laptop charger, overheated inverter and extremely loud whining. So yes even the 50-65% rule could be wrong like in my case
Is this a pure sine wave inverter or a modified sine wave ??? If it's pure you will have no troubles with laptop etc but if modified sine wave you WILL have troubles as the power peaks then drops it will NOT give you full power only pure sine wave inverter will.
'Initial draw of the stove'. Stoves are a pure resistive load they will draw the same amount of current depending on what you have it set to, there will not be any initial surge.
OLD 7.3'S hate the cold even though it maybe in the 40's at night if you dont plug it in overnight it needs at least 5-6 key cycles before you even attempt to start it
Bro you and Callie are the cutest couple, reminds me of my girl and I (she crochets too, and I also pronounce it funny lol). We all love you guys, and please go see a doctor, wouldn't want anything happening to you man
Bro if you were to have a direct lead to your alternator and the engine running then the inverter will be able to reach the 2k watt peaks because then you're giving it 14v and the added amperage from your alternator also if you want a good High Output alt go look up "Brand X" alternators i run a 300amp in my competition car audio vehicle and I have a lot more batteries than you have there and it keeps them all charged nicely and even when i play 10k watts at full blast it never drops below 13.8V
Jessica Goff definitely, the draw is low enough from those, I would recommend the harbor freight inverter though it’s much better than this one and I think they have a 3000w variant
m8, take a multimeter to your glowplugs and mesure the resistance. google the resistance for your engine's plugs. and check if they are in fact getting power. a block heater is enough to make it start without plugs going. so might wanna check them annyways ;) lame to be stuck in snow weather without access to an outlet :p
video starts @12:23 if the title brought you here.
That noise is a dieing door buzzer
i second that, on all the old jeeps i have i take those annoying things out first thing
Haha - i feel old now. Ye ol buzzer. Do people not remember those?
Ayo man, u need bigger cabels on them batteries if you're trying to push 1000w.
He needs an inverter better than 3 amps..
Damian, as an electrician, I’m kinda cringing. All respect for your efforts, but the hose clamps will not hold up. The output of that inverter won’t be enough for what you have planned. Also you are going to have issues in the long run with how long your batteries will run the inverter for. You have to get a larger battery capacity if you want to use the 110 volt appliances. You will only have 10 to 20 minutes of moderate demand use. Please do a test with items you already have. That way you will know for sure how long your batteries will hold you. As for the battery jumpers, get some battery terminal blocks. Like those used for big car stereo systems, or possibly off of a semi, maybe from a salvage yard to save $$. I have seen to many disasters due to bad connections, and don’t want anything to happen to you. I enjoy your content too much. For that same reason, get checked out by a medical professional. Abdominal pain is nothing to take lightly. Keep up the great work, and peace.
Yes! Heed this man's advice Damian
+1
Jeremy Andres hey Damián do u have Instagram ?
I'm using a 12 inch marine battery...will that work better? And how come he is using 3 batteries? How long will a space heater run off of it?
Exactly I've used the ever start marine deep cycle batteries biggest ones Walmart had I think 122ah I used two of them wired in parallel to double my amp hrs but stay at 12v the higher amp hrs will give you longer run times I just picked this inverter up today haven't tested it out yet my old one was only 800watt also like they have said the hose clamps won't hold up I use starter cables that you can buy in the battery section of Walmart and the big batteries I have got a screw down terminal so all you have to do is screw in the starter cable no other Hassel and if ur worried about color coding for the positive and negative because I believe the cable only comes in black just get some red tape and wrap the cable at the ends so you know the difference.
Bro drink lots of water don't be drinking any sugary drinks and no processed foods and if you can bro go see a doctor cuz it can get worse!
Inverter draws A LOT of amps from batteries, you need thick copper cables that are rated over 100amps (amps * 12v = wattage) and make sure connections are proper on inverter and battery side, no crocodile clips, solid clamps. The same with cables connecting batteries together.
Don’t apologize man. Get checked out and make sure everything is alright. Don’t stress yourself out or overwork yourself.
Go to the damn doctor man please
@@mrjaw01 Health insurance man... If he doesn't have his own then he's still young enough to be on his parents insurance. Either way you can go to a hospital and still be seen. They just bill you for the visit.
in merica u need to pray u dont get cancer or get very very sick or break bones.. costs like fuck without insurance
@@ae86hachi cost money to be sick in America. I have health insurance and I wont use it cause its still to expensive. I feel ya about going to the doctor but some of us just can afford it.
I'm guessing you don't live in the US... You don't go to the doctor unless you are very sick or rich.
Hope you get to feeling better bro. Keep up the awesome work though love the vids and learning new stuff with you
Now that you have power in the van you can run the block heater on a timer so that its always warm when you need it and it run off solar so even if youre nowhere near a house you can still fire it up easily
Block heater heats the oil so when you start it there's less resistance on the starter as the oil is warm and viscous as well as the fuel won't gel up if your going to let it sit a lot over the winter put some "heat" diesel fuel additive. Keep up the good work on the cars and videos 👍👍 from this guy
That noise is the doorbell chime. Mine makes that random ass noise. I said yeet and unplugged it.
same
Any updates on this after using it a while. I was looking at this one. I want to run a 24" tv charge my drill battery 18volt and charge laptops and cell phones and maybe run a light.
Go to the damn hospital or dr or something bro.
The noise sounded like key buzzer in ignition. The buzzer is old and the switch that detects key in ignition is sticking or bad.
Yes that's a old ford key buzzer
I do run 1200 watts inverter in my overland rig and the battery 🔋 cables needs to be bigger otherwise will not get the top peek... and make sure you have a solid connection to the battery....
Glad you're plugging in the most important survival tools in a van
Dude glad you're feeling a bit better. But seriously get checked out your health is important and true fans of your channel understand that you need to look after yourself I'm going to DM Callie and get her to kick your ass til you go to the docs. The buzzing sound is a buzzer that reminds you your lights are on
Inverters are most efficient at 50-65% capacity loads. If you are going to be using a 1000 watt stove I recommend getting atleast a 1750 watt pure sine wave inverter with a guaranteed sustainable 1750 watt draw for at least 12 hrs... it'll save you electricity because it can be more efficient. Also hooking up a ups may be a good choice aswell
i know you will be the next big car channel!! Please keep it up! You are awesome!!
You should use # 2 awg wires for that inverter. You can probably get like an amp wire kit
So in this situation, can you just upgrade the power inverter to 3000 and run a stove top? I have 3 12v, 200ah batteries with a 750w inveter and can't run a vaccum. Do you think I need to upgrade my batteries or power inveter? i'm new and trying to figure this out. Thanks
How much amps does that fan draw? I use them all the time just forgot. I hope you feel better man! I love the content you have been putting out! Your doing great.
@Damian Monte those little wires are going to melt at full load. If you have a power draw of 1000watts on a 12 volt battery it pulls 96 amps of current from the battery for that much current you need 4 gauge wire minimum from the battery terminals to the inverter. Also a fully charge 12 volt battery should be at 12.5-12.7 volts after setting for a day if it is below that then the battery is not charged or if it is charged then the battery has a power drain in side of the battery cell going bad. Also you could run a 2 gauge wire from those batteries and wire them to the truck battery so they will be charging when you drive and that will also help start the van to because it will have 4 batteries on it. If you decide to do that run a 2 gauge positive wire from those batteries to the positive on the van battery and run a 2 gauge wire from the inverter batteries to the frame of the van
Another question is does charge controller did you balance out the batteries on the charge controller did you go one- on one side of the battery and the other side of the other batteries you need to go to the positive so all the batteries equal out
Scored some sweet deals. Picked up 3 BRAND NEW batteries for $140 total with no core returns and a cobra 5000w peak/2500w continuous inverter for $140. It’s normally from $270-$330. All I need now is the solar panels to keep the batteries at full charge.
Can this power a small 110 watt chest freezer? On 220v
That sounds could be from an old alarm system in the truck. I used to own a vehicle that did that until i found out it had an alarm.
For your van what's the make and model of It? Also for it's noice factor, let's diagnose what it could be, so let's eliminate when and what it can't be? So does it make that sound only when the keys are in the ignition? Or without? Also where does it sound like it's coming from? It could be from a fuse that's going out but isn't completely shot, so it could be that since the fuse is just lightly arched and mildly separated so when you open the door and the dome light turns on the fuse could be making a half assed contact and just shooting thousands of little burst of electricity which is creating that buzzing sound but I dont know for sure, any insight feel free to share to with me just @ me or whatever and we'll have it figured out in no time at all.
I would try to charge the battery's and try the power draw again.
The input might be to low now, which causes it to draw more amps and thus watts.
Damn boiii almost 100k 🤔🖒
Where can I get that Mint hoodie???
you need a pure sine wave inverter to get rid of the noise.
What was that noise because my truck does it all the time while I'm driving too
Definitely a must have.
Noise is the door buzzer that sounds like it has had enough of life
2000 peak watts should of turned on that fan and stove no problem. The reason it's tripping its probably does not have a good connection with those alligator clamps.
Smart buy. Make DeWalt the tool of choice for the shop. I have a whole yellow and black dewalt wall in my shop lol
Does it work for a heater?
Cut out the bondo weld in some patches use POR15 or some kind of rust preventer and Raptor line the van. It’ll hold up to any abuse and will hide any ruff body panels.
put the charge controller positive on one battery and the neg on the opposite battery on the other side so the power flows through all three batteries, also do the same with the inverter diagonally across the batterys. that 8 guage jumper cable aint even gonna flow 60-70 watts before it gets hot and starts to cause voltage drop
What's up Damien . Ur biggest fan Erick here, I was wondering what computer app do you use to edit? I have so much content but I can't post it without editing it cuz that's just a ghetto mess. I would love you feedback man , I just want a movie maker app and want to know what you use. Thank you ,hope you feel better
How many watts is the tv ?
sounds like a lose/mis wireing in the van. had something like that happen in our house a few weeks back with the safty switch turning the power off but somehow it turned it self on again bacause it was sending out too much over and killed our coffie machine.
"Can't talk croshaing!" stickers up next
@JPG23 It's you-tube videos that shows how you can use a car as a generator.Can a 1000cc car battery with a 1,000w power inverter power a electric oven that's 800w or even a 800cc car battery ?
That noise is like a door ajar sound my 86 Chevy has one
Just one of those mini propane camping stoves.
How many watts is the thing
12.0v is a drained 12v battery my dude
inverters have a slight loss of power when it converts DC to AC so a 1000watt converter probably can only do about 800 watts continuously but yea 800 is more than enough to be useful your good man. the only reason people put 2000 to 3000 watt inverters is cause they have mini fridges or portable air conditioning units in the van.
20% isn't a slight loss
It sucks you don’t feel good man! Can I get a heart for my birthday today?
Yooooooo let’s go boiiii
Needs to be plugged in over a hour I left mine on all night and it fired right up in the morning like new
glad you're feeling better, but if you get the chance, get yourself checked out, my guy
That noise is the glow plug alarm
yuuurrrrrr ,,,,boi getting old time for a tune up
That thing is 1000w sure But it said only 3 amps..... A hairdryer is about that. The amps are what's tripping it. Most new phones are 2 amp charge. That inverter is junk.
U can plug the block heater to the invertere
So that inverter would have no problem running a 41,, TV an an xbox? Would too no i am looking into getting one an. Downt know too much about me. A little advice would be hellfull.
Don’t worry we still love you ;) ps go to the doctor!
You should really look into using 2 6 volt batteries instead of 12v. You wire the 2x 6v in series instead of a bunch of 12 in parallel. It is a very popular method in the rv world. Alot more power to be had. Also you need 12.3v to crank a car so starting at 12.2 is really low voltage
That sound is to let you know the door of the van is open chief
So did you run positive and negative from inverter to battery then my main question did you chassis ground it too??
David Wagner I haven’t used a chassis ground yet I do plan on it though
Cool yeah my instructions don’t say it, but I’ve ran positive and negative to battery with correct wire and fuse and I start truck running for awhile, turn on the inverter and it’s only saying 4 watts and truck has new red top optima new alternator
Then it will beep after 20 mins
I use a 900 watt Inverter on my pickup truck when the power is out for short periods and I don't wanna fire the generator I run a TV satellite dish and my refrigerator plus charge phones. The great thing about using a vehicle as a generator is the huge gas tank capacity! A vehicle can set and idle for days and days on a tank of fuel ⛽
I have a 750 watt inverter just for my gaming laptop that's rated for 230 watt. I'll tell you this I did try a 400 watt inverter and it caused so many issues from over heating my laptop charger, overheated inverter and extremely loud whining. So yes even the 50-65% rule could be wrong like in my case
Computers do better with pure sine inverters
Love the dirt bikes 🏍
Is this a pure sine wave inverter or a modified sine wave ??? If it's pure you will have no troubles with laptop etc but if modified sine wave you WILL have troubles as the power peaks then drops it will NOT give you full power only pure sine wave inverter will.
'Initial draw of the stove'. Stoves are a pure resistive load they will draw the same amount of current depending on what you have it set to, there will not be any initial surge.
Busted door chime?
my guy you could have the same stomach issue I got look up "h pylori" bad food would do that to you..
Hilarious! thanks
I bought a hot plate just like that I can use it on my 1000 watts with it.
Bro check if you have appendicitis, I had to get my appendix removed
Can’t believe this guy didn’t know what a door buzzer was.... it’s actually a door buzzer that’s about to go out.
OLD 7.3'S hate the cold even though it maybe in the 40's at night if you dont plug it in overnight it needs at least 5-6 key cycles before you even attempt to start it
Smashed it ten times!!
6:15 get her to make you a van cover ?
Us northerners need our block heaters.
Good vid
Fuck yeah bro rock and roll smoke a jay for the boys
Noise could be murder hornets
No need to apologize brother we get the weekend off every week you are definitely obligated to a few days off especially if you are hurt
Just use a gas stove to heat your coals/cook foood on the road?
(Obviously use outside)
That noise is a fire that's not happened yet, relay etc, hi from scotland,
Please let me know I’m trying to wire one up now I’m my truck
Bro you and Callie are the cutest couple, reminds me of my girl and I (she crochets too, and I also pronounce it funny lol). We all love you guys, and please go see a doctor, wouldn't want anything happening to you man
Bro if you were to have a direct lead to your alternator and the engine running then the inverter will be able to reach the 2k watt peaks because then you're giving it 14v and the added amperage from your alternator also if you want a good High Output alt go look up "Brand X" alternators i run a 300amp in my competition car audio vehicle and I have a lot more batteries than you have there and it keeps them all charged nicely and even when i play 10k watts at full blast it never drops below 13.8V
ITS THE DOOR BUZZER!!!
Is Callie going as a grandma for Halloween?
Ryan Hooper i’m a grandma every day
Spooky loft ?
It’s a wait to start buzzer my 7.3 dose it
150 bucks would buy 8 glow plugs and the relay. But hey, at least you can charge your laptop while you're waiting for a jump.
Yerrrr 💯
it will run approximately anything that’s 2000W peak and 1000W continuous
Could something like this power an electric blanket?
Jessica Goff definitely, the draw is low enough from those, I would recommend the harbor freight inverter though it’s much better than this one and I think they have a 3000w variant
Damian Monte thank you👍
Go to autozone or walmart and spend $20 on batty terminals be safe. Also, look at trying to get batteries from a golf cart.
Why the hell didn’t you try to run a small ac unit?
Idk man prob bc I didn’t have one on hand 5 years ago my bad
return it and GET THE 2000w inverter from harbor freight works great been using it year already
Knuckle Head same price ???
@@damianmonte cheaper and you can use one of the coupons
How much would a pro charge me to install this inverter into my van? No pun intended. "charge"
m8, take a multimeter to your glowplugs and mesure the resistance. google the resistance for your engine's plugs. and check if they are in fact getting power. a block heater is enough to make it start without plugs going. so might wanna check them annyways ;) lame to be stuck in snow weather without access to an outlet :p