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"How-To Install An Inverter Into A Vehicle"
Illya Plavljanich - 5/11/05

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You know we all want this - have you ever wanted to just plug an AC appliance into your car but it didn't have any jacks? Well here is an article on how to add 110 volt AC Power jacks to your car!

Tools Needed

  1. Power Inverter - in this article we used a 750 Watt from Home Depot
  2. Drill and a few bits ranging in sizes
  3. Ribbed wire sheathing
  4. Wire strippers
  5. Wire
  6. Screw drivers
  7. Liquid electrical tape or heat shrink
  8. Soldering iron with fine tip
  9. Faucet washers or rubber gaskets
  10. Some basic knowledge and common sense
  11. Dremel kit
Some supplies I picked up:

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First get the inverter ready by removing the control panel if you want the controls in your dash - make sure to keep track of where the wires go.

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You can remove any LED lights with the soldering iron; be very careful not to damage or overheat the LEDs. Its best to heat the solder points from the backside of the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and gently pull them out. Then you will extend the lights with wires - I used phone wire for the stiffness, so it was easy to poke the wire back thru the PCB to resolder it.

Heat the points here circled - be careful not to run the solder together from each side:

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Now don't forget what wire goes where:

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I marked the power wire with tape to make sure I got it back the same way, it shouldn't matter really, but it's always best to keep things as they were in case you have issues; this way you don't need to re-think anything.

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