Installing A 2000 Watt Inverter In My Service Van

In today's video I go over installing an inverter in your van. This one happens to be a 2000 watt inverter and I put in two safeties in it. One of them is really close to the battery so stay tuned here it comes. Hey guys it is we're under a tornado watch right now. This video is a little bit off topic but I mentioned this. I put this in my van and I think i'm finally completely done with it that is the 2000 watt inverter that i bought i think those are sold by Harbor Freight this is my positive coming from the battery terminal and this actually goes to a ground lug in the cabin here and this ground right here that is basically just for a reference on this thing you don't have a true earth ground when you're hooking something up to a vehicle this is a modified sine wave inverter and i do not really use it for sensitive electronics for that i've got this but i have used a modified sine wave on sensitive electronics before and it's not terrible but still it's not advised that you hook your iPad or your phone up to a charger that is being run by one of these so i'm gonna go over i think i have a video showing how i crimp to these i have a specific tool for that and i'm going to show you that here in just a second all right these are some of the things that i use this is the crimper and as you see you use it with a hammer these are the lugs that i used i had the option of using these and i probably would have had to crimp and a vice for those, I didn't need something that heavy, these turned out to be really all I needed and I ordered those online, I already had this, and this is heat shrink that I used in a couple places like in the engine compartment so I'm going to show you how I have all that hooked up, all right, first in here, that right there is a fuse holder for an ANL fuse, one exactly like this one right here that is 150 amp fuse, that is single ought wire running to that because that's 2000 watts, I limit it to 150 amps with the fuse, but that fuse is way back here I needed, I needed over current protection, I used over current protection right here, this is a 200 amp fuse and look at this, if I wish to kill power going to the back, I just do that right there but yeah, this is some of the heat shrink I used this is my positive terminal, it goes around and up here along the side and on top of the frame for the vehicle because it's so big I could not really run it through here, I ran it right there and I have the threads on that all boogered up that is a Romex connector, three-quarter Romex connector so that nut cannot back off, all right back here, excuse me, that wire right there is my positive wire, my negative goes to the lug that holds the seat down right there it is bonded to the frame underneath those wires run behind the seat and they're strapped to this cage right here this is 150 amp breaker and like i said i have a 200 excuse me 150 amp fuse i have a 200 amp breaker in the back this because i'm using a single regular cranking battery because i'm using a single regular cranking battery if i'm pulling any high amps on this the engine will need to be running because it'll kill your battery quick now the manual on this says to use number two gauge if it's six feet but this was over six feet so i used single aught plus it may be pulling up to 160 amps like i said i limited it to 150 so i went ahead and used the single aught it also says to use a eight gauge grounding wire that happens to be number 10 but like i said we don't have a true earth ground so that's really just for reference there are some distinct advantages to mounting it where it's easy to get to easy to clean and easy to service i used to have it mounted under my seat well actually back there behind the seat and it got filthy and these things need to be kept clean those fans need to be kept clean it had oil on it it had grime on it it was terrible plus these contain multiple fuses if you ever think you're going to get in there to replace a fuse you don't want it back there because you're going to have to dismount everything pull it out open it up at least here you can have it right there so i hope this was helpful to somebody um installing one of these. Like I said it's pretty it's a little bit off topic for this channel but many people do have inverters in their vans. I have my power strip right here and another one right there so it's convenient power when I need to use it. Thanks for watching guys. Like I said today's mostly a rain day for us. I do have a call that I caught before it started raining. If you haven't already like and subscribe and I'm gonna catch y'all on the next one. Thanks for watching. Thanks for watching!