I recently bought a 750watt power inverter and there are two small cables to connect to it that look like small jumper cables. Can i connect my regular (longer/bigger) jumper cables to the car battery and connect the other end to the inverter cables??Ive been told that this will blow the inverter, and i've been told otherwise. Please let me know if you've had any experience doing this.Thanks,
You'll be fine as long as you don't cross the cables- red to positive, black to negative. If you cross them you'll blow a fuse, or the inverter... Oh, and don't let the cables touch, they'll short out
A secure connection is the best connection. A connection like that can cause hot spots in the connection itself.
That's fine for a temporary use situation. However, if you are going to be using this regularly in the same vehicle, I would recommend a more permanent installation using 4 ga power wire directly to the positive terminal of the battery. Make sure you install a fuse on that wire as close to the battery as possible. If the jumper cables are cheap and thin, or the contacts are coroded or not making good contact, this can cause the voltage to drop to your inverter and cause it to draw more current and possibly fry the power supply.
