- Feb 14, 2021
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I have a 1500w/3000 inverter. It is conncted to 3 leisure batteries (270amh). the negative cable funs from the bench seat behind the drivers seat to a battery under the driver seat - about 70cm? . The positive goes to the battery at the other end of the line- about 30cm. The cables are ticker than th ones supplied with the inverter. I was using it the other day and got a smell of electrical burning. I investigated and discovered that the negative (longer) cable was getting hot at the battery end. The connection to the battery wasn't the most secure so I improved this. I tried again and now it seems both ends get a little warm when using the toaster (950watt)
So what's the issue here - Cables to thin? Too long? Dodgy inverter? Dodgy toaster? (it is quite old)
So what's the issue here - Cables to thin? Too long? Dodgy inverter? Dodgy toaster? (it is quite old)