91stranger
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Trying to get ideas for a mobile power center.
So I want to run a secondary battery cable to a battery either mounted in the bed of the truck or run the wires to an outlet of some sort to the bed so I can charge a secondary battery. I have a 2000w inverter and I want to be able to charge the inverter battery off the engine. This would be used for camping or working. I kind of like the thought of running the wires to an outlet in the bed and just make a plug for the battery to be able to plug into the bed and charge when needed. Is this even safe? Do-able? I've got plenty of 10 gauge wiring I was going to use or double up or even triple up since this is a 2000w inverter with 4 gauge wiring.
My initial plan was to build a power box attached to a dolly and have a battery (or two) mounted inside a vented box with the inverter and have a power center on wheels kind of deal but not sure what road to take.... Anyone on here have inverters mounted to their trucks or have an inverter setup, if so how is it set up? Just want to get some more info on this so I don't fry anything or burn my truck to the ground.
More on the power center on wheels:
1 or 2 batteries
2000w inverter (4000w peak)
Is it possible to make a charging system for this out of an old alternator and a motor?
I got a lot of ideas in my head but just don't know how to execute them properly and haven't played with inverter enough to know what's good and what not to do and would hate to ruin a nice inverter. Currently I have about $50 in the inverter, alternator and battery so I'm not in it very deep at all..... yet.
So I want to run a secondary battery cable to a battery either mounted in the bed of the truck or run the wires to an outlet of some sort to the bed so I can charge a secondary battery. I have a 2000w inverter and I want to be able to charge the inverter battery off the engine. This would be used for camping or working. I kind of like the thought of running the wires to an outlet in the bed and just make a plug for the battery to be able to plug into the bed and charge when needed. Is this even safe? Do-able? I've got plenty of 10 gauge wiring I was going to use or double up or even triple up since this is a 2000w inverter with 4 gauge wiring.
My initial plan was to build a power box attached to a dolly and have a battery (or two) mounted inside a vented box with the inverter and have a power center on wheels kind of deal but not sure what road to take.... Anyone on here have inverters mounted to their trucks or have an inverter setup, if so how is it set up? Just want to get some more info on this so I don't fry anything or burn my truck to the ground.
More on the power center on wheels:
1 or 2 batteries
2000w inverter (4000w peak)
Is it possible to make a charging system for this out of an old alternator and a motor?
I got a lot of ideas in my head but just don't know how to execute them properly and haven't played with inverter enough to know what's good and what not to do and would hate to ruin a nice inverter. Currently I have about $50 in the inverter, alternator and battery so I'm not in it very deep at all..... yet.