Inverter upgrade

Kinda wanna upgrade the stock inveter. Right now I can charge my 1,000 watt ecoflow at 85 watts from the rear cigarette lighter. The AC plug doesn't seem to work I'm guessing because maybe the power is dirty.

I'm thinking this 500 watt victron. That way if I have to run a new power cable to support the extra 100 watts it won't have to be too thick. Additionally the low watts won't kill the 4runners battery. And if I get a fridge, the economy flow can quickly charge from the car when driving rather than 85 watts.

Any gotchas or holes in the plan. Bad idea in any way?

$148 Victron Energy Phoenix 500VA 12-Volt 120V AC Pure Sine Wave Inverter

https://www.amazon.com/Victron-Ener...mzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840

 

Kai posted info on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_-9vj-hF1M

Could help?

 

Well shoot. If nothing else I feel smart that I picked the delta 2 for the same reasons he did (from the next video he links in the video you linked).

That's cool. Let's you run smaller wire because the DC-DC charger runs on higher colts therefore less amps, if, as he points out, you mount it under your hood.

He's slightly mistaken actually. I think. He says that you can over run your AC inverter because when charging AC the delta 2 bypasses it's batteries and pulls power from the AC outlets if you have anything plugged into the delta 2 while charging. This is true. However, in the phone app you just need to manually limit the AC draw from the charging source.

So as long as you do that, I think an AC inverter is more versatile. Because then you can use the AC outlet. Even add another one maybe.

I've been looking at the victron spec sheets and looks like I'll probably go with the 800 watt one as it actually does like 650 watts or something continuous. The 500 watt one I like I think does 350.

 

If you decide to upsize the inverter, make sure the existing wiring can handle the increased DC amperage to the new inverter.

Do the math and if need be upsize the wiring.

 

So I would have used a thicker cable than the victron spec sheet has. But excellent point. I'm always afraid of a short.

 

Yep, make sure your truck is hot stuff, not your wiring

 

Have you considered a dual battery system?
Below is a link to what I did to run my fridge.

https://www.4runners.com/threads/cowboys-dual-battery-install.21998/

 

You got a very cool setup there and I've always thought dual battery setup were bad ass. I don't think I have the necessity. The delta 2 does a good job and can be moved around within camp.