Inbuilt inverter

Is there such a thing as an inbuilt inverter? The leisure battery is in an akward position under the drivers seat and hard to get to the terminals. Im thinking of some systems where i dont have to be as supple as a teenage gymnast to attach the inverter.

I normally just attach the inverter with the croc clips and run a small 3 gang lead off it. But i keep it switched off till i need it. If i run hd cables from the battery, are you saying attach the inverter to the cables i run off the battery via the croc clips?

will have a look at that David. Something else to tinker with.

A 150 watt inverter is perfectly fine to connect via a cigarette socket. A plug can be bought in most motor factors shop for less than a fiver. Just remember when wiring the plug, positive is the centre pin, while negative is the outside pins. There is a glass fuse inside the plug on the positive pin, so it would be fool proof to get spare fuses when purchasing the plug.
To work the amp size of the fuse divide the watts by the voltage and round the answer up to the nearest multiple of 5.
150 watts÷12 volts = 12.5 amps. After rounding up , you need a 15 amp fuse for a 150 watt inverter.
300 watts ÷ 12 volts= 25 amps with no rounding up needed.
Any thing over 15 amps, a relay and an extra switch is needed along with heavier cables.
From my work, I do be asked sometimes to fit inverters into trucks. Inverters by the nature do get very hot, and this is why they have extra metal strips on their sides to allow heat to escape.
Usually I fit them onto the steel base for the seats, using a few tex screws, as the steel helps to conduct the heat away.
Malcolm

I wired this to a more convinient place in my van and added a small halfords switch to it to only turn it on as needed. It's wired directly to the battery with an in-line fuse.

Handy for USB ports and a quick reading of the battery voltage:

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Thanks all. Think i will just get a 10kva genny and work off that at all the aires around the country. You think we have a bad reputaion in some parts?

I'll get you a cheap handy one on wheels, you could run a set of floods on a tripod. with a compressor attacked you can blow up the inflatable awning as well, you might need a cover for it if you were going anywhere in daylight.

I would like to add that this is what my family and from come some of my favorite trip memories. take the chance to really bond and have some fun as a family on the way to your destination not just once your there. your trip starts when you leave home not when you get to your destination

Years ago I had a built in inverter that would boil a household kettle it was massive. I was told that cable from the battery to the inveter had to be as short as possible to stop it dropping power.