I noticed today that my 120V inverter is suddenly quite loud. I drove last year coast-to-coast with a plugin fridge. I was running the inverter all the time (when I remembered to turn it on, because it's super annoying it doesn't remember to stay on) and it was never loud. It was a bit inconvenient to need to use camping mode sometimes to keep the fridge. So, I bought a Jackery 1000. It's working really great - I ran a drawer fridge for 20 hours and it used ~15% of the battery, so this looks like a really viable solution.
But the inverter is crazy loud now. The sound is coming from under the center console. If I turn off the 120V the noise stops immediately. Is there maybe a way to give it more ventilation or maybe I blocked the ventilation somehow? I don't want to overheat it. I think the Jackery has a pretty good power draw when it's recharging - I was running last year at the same time a fridge, gen2 starlink, laptop all together. I have a pretty power hungry laptop. Anyway, it was never loud before.
The inverted is rated for 2400W - I don't think this will draw more. It lists bypass mode as 1500W - it doesn't list wattage, but it's 15A, so then must be W = V*A. 120 * 15 = 1800, so it's 600 under what is allowed. Anybody else run higher wattages and had this happen? For reference, I ran an inverter in my 105 series in hot Australia summer weather with some heavy loads off a deep cycle battery. It never made a sound...
But the inverter is crazy loud now. The sound is coming from under the center console. If I turn off the 120V the noise stops immediately. Is there maybe a way to give it more ventilation or maybe I blocked the ventilation somehow? I don't want to overheat it. I think the Jackery has a pretty good power draw when it's recharging - I was running last year at the same time a fridge, gen2 starlink, laptop all together. I have a pretty power hungry laptop. Anyway, it was never loud before.
The inverted is rated for 2400W - I don't think this will draw more. It lists bypass mode as 1500W - it doesn't list wattage, but it's 15A, so then must be W = V*A. 120 * 15 = 1800, so it's 600 under what is allowed. Anybody else run higher wattages and had this happen? For reference, I ran an inverter in my 105 series in hot Australia summer weather with some heavy loads off a deep cycle battery. It never made a sound...
