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Winter projects are almost done.
First, you have to know how much current the inverter would draw. As a for-instance, if you get yourself a 2000W steady/4000W surge running ~85% efficiency, that puppy will draw 392 amps from your 12 volt batteries while it's delivering its max rated output! Assuming you have the battery capacity for that, you'd need at least #2ga wire, and that's if you keep the length to no more than 4 feet.
Based on what we see here, trying to run an A/C through an inverter really isn't practical. Thus, the need for an on-board generator for such things.
After all of that, your original question of where to locate the inverter comes down to the inverter's environmental needs and the length of the cables needed. Since wire size is dictated by current needs, remember that it takes ten times (and more) the current on the 12 volt side to equal delivered power on the 120 volt side. So, the closer you can get the inverter to the batteries, the easier and cheaper the wiring becomes.
That's really what it comes down to. Sure, it can be done, but, with most things battery powered, it's still the batteries themselves that are the limiting factor.I see guys doing this in RV's with a ton of solar and a bunch of batteries, so I know it can be done. I'm just too cheap to spend that kind of money for the batteries!
I guess I’m spoiled with my Westerbeke.
Please don’t use a portable GenSet on the boat. There is nothing safe about them in a marine setting. It’s just not worth the risk of a life or the lives of others.
As for a inverter for a microwave, others here would know better than me. When I’m using the microwave it draws my genset way down. If anything else is running it really won’t work very well. Some of the boaters near me have tried this with no real luck. Gl to you.
Where the plywood bow rider guy when we need his expertise?How did you bend the plywood?? I'm trying to do the same with my boat