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<blockquote data-quote="Occasional_panner" data-source="post: 418703" data-attributes="member: 7956"><p>Probably better to try and understand measurements in watts.</p><p>Lets say your cooler draws 5 amps @12v 5x12=60watts</p><p>Now if you ran a 60w appliance on 240 it would be 60/240=0.25A@240v +losses</p><p></p><p>A pretty good inverter will have a no load draw of 1amp@12v, so that is lost just having it running.</p><p>An inverter will use around 10% in the switching process as well.</p><p>So you'll use (from the battery to power inverter) 5amps+10%=5.5A +1A no load draw total 6.5A or 78W. 78/240=0.325A@240v ac</p><p>You'll use less power running it on 12V vs inverter.</p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7956/1529444469_dcp4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occasional_panner, post: 418703, member: 7956"] Probably better to try and understand measurements in watts. Lets say your cooler draws 5 amps @12v 5x12=60watts Now if you ran a 60w appliance on 240 it would be 60/240=0.25A@240v +losses A pretty good inverter will have a no load draw of 1amp@12v, so that is lost just having it running. An inverter will use around 10% in the switching process as well. So you'll use (from the battery to power inverter) 5amps+10%=5.5A +1A no load draw total 6.5A or 78W. 78/240=0.325A@240v ac You'll use less power running it on 12V vs inverter. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7956/1529444469_dcp4.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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