bones1
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- Farmtrac 300 dtc
Anyone here have an inverter on their tractor. I was thinking about adding one to run lights,drills etc.What size do you use?.
I considered an inverter and came to the realization that MrJimi has got the best answerd. Inverters are not particularly efficient and many of my needs were for high amp power tools (13 to 15amp) so I would have ended up with a large inverter and still would have had to had the tractor engine churning at high speed for the alternator to keep up and under load it is not unreasonable to assume it would have also started to draw the battery down too. There are a couple threads on this topic, they are pretty old, but the guys who know a lot more about electrical stuff talked me out of it and were very convincing.MrJimi said:Go cordless, its easier and cheaper
Jim
Here is text of my posting in a previous thread regarding experience with inverters on tractors.CTyler said:What? Those little inverters are incredible!!
Why I saw on TV last night a guy run his house pool pump off the inverter in his car and put out a fire with it!!! ROTFLMAO!!!
Seriously, inverters get expensive quick if you need some decent power out of them.