<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
I looked at going all the way to the back and although I have yet to install mine, I either read something or was told it was a good idea to make that long of a run. Yeah, the obvious shorts and stuff but the reason was interference. I did some other mods and realized there is some room inside the center console underneath the metal plate.
There seems to be plenty of room for ventilation but, honestly, if you were going to run it much, you could tap a small hole in the duct going to the rear air to have air circulating over the inverter.
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I'm really aprehensive about putting it anywhere other than out in the open. Maybe it's not much of a risk with the latest overload and overbotake protection, but a while back I was in a truck where an inverter being used to play video games. It wasn't being overloaded (we thought) and it caught fire. The cabin filled with nasty smoke immediately at highway speed and my buddy luckily managed to yank it loose and toss it out the window before it created a bigger problem.
So basically, I can't bring myself to mount it in an even marginally inaccessible area, let alone under a couple layers of hardware requiring tools to remove. I want it where I can yank it out and/or shoot it with an extinguisher if need be. I'm probably being overly cautious about this though.
I also have another reason to run cable back to the rear cargo. I'm considering mounting a compressor inside the cargo area and would run the wiring for it at the same time.
I suppose I could do with shipbldr did and mount under the rear seats, but I already store stuff there and really woul dprefer a cargo area mount.
I'll manufacturer how long the cables can be to operate in spec. If it just can't handle the ~14" length to reach the cargo area, I guess I'll mount under the rear seat.
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To do that I would be coming through the big rubber grommet in the firewall on the driver's side. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
If you come in this way and pass under the center console, is there a route to back under the rear seats from there? Or is this area fed from the sides or above?
I guess there's one last options, mount a second battery somewhere in the rear on an isolator and drive the inverter from that one. This is just more that I was hoping to bite off at the moment.