Hey Everyone,
Haven't been able to find exactly what I'm looking for on here so creating a new post. I have a 2000W PSW Renogy Inverter to power my induction cooktop. When I built out the van, I put my house batteries under the hood, which causes for an approximate 9 ft wire run (18 ft roundtrip) to my inverter which is located under the driver seat. I am using 1/0 gauge wires for this run which I incorrectly thought was sufficient. Now, I'm thinking I need 4/0 gauge wire for this run, but before spending a decent amount on that I wanted to double check. I wish I could move the inverter closer but haven't been able to find a solution for that.
Here is the troubleshooting I did: Check battery voltage (12.9-13V) then turn on inverter. Battery voltage stays constant.
Then turn on induction stove and set to 700W. Voltage drops to 11.6V.
Then turn induction stove up to 1000W. Voltage drops to 11.3 and inverter starts beeping (assumed to be the low voltage alarm).
If induction stove is turned up to 1200W, the inverter shuts down (assuming low voltage protection).
Once stove is off, the battery goes back up to 12.9V.
So I think my issue is the wire size causing too much resistance and lowering the voltage.
So my question is would setting this up with 4/0 gauge wire solve my problem of low voltage? Thank you.
Haven't been able to find exactly what I'm looking for on here so creating a new post. I have a 2000W PSW Renogy Inverter to power my induction cooktop. When I built out the van, I put my house batteries under the hood, which causes for an approximate 9 ft wire run (18 ft roundtrip) to my inverter which is located under the driver seat. I am using 1/0 gauge wires for this run which I incorrectly thought was sufficient. Now, I'm thinking I need 4/0 gauge wire for this run, but before spending a decent amount on that I wanted to double check. I wish I could move the inverter closer but haven't been able to find a solution for that.
Here is the troubleshooting I did: Check battery voltage (12.9-13V) then turn on inverter. Battery voltage stays constant.
Then turn on induction stove and set to 700W. Voltage drops to 11.6V.
Then turn induction stove up to 1000W. Voltage drops to 11.3 and inverter starts beeping (assumed to be the low voltage alarm).
If induction stove is turned up to 1200W, the inverter shuts down (assuming low voltage protection).
Once stove is off, the battery goes back up to 12.9V.
So I think my issue is the wire size causing too much resistance and lowering the voltage.
So my question is would setting this up with 4/0 gauge wire solve my problem of low voltage? Thank you.