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Hi has anyone ever run a heater from and inverter. I have been told that if you buy a 700 watt inverter ,you take 10 to 20 percent of its continous rate. so my 700watt inverter should be ok to run 560 to 630watt heater. I have picked up a dimplex mph500 watt heater .so it well under . im not to worried about voltage drain as im only using it when van is running. When stopped i use site electric.
will let u know bits on order .argos have a nice 700watt inverter 33 pounds . i have 2 order. all the best steve
I got all the bits and can now say the argos 700 watt inverter does run the mph500 dimplex heater I bought . I run it for about 15 mins and my temp went up from 43 f to 56 . It would have gone up a lot more but I had to go indoors . The drain was a little heavy, but don't matter to me as I have 3 batteries and as I'm driving down the road I'm running of the main vehicle battery .
Great to hear that it's working OK for you.
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Haven't done it, but it should be fine.