Chris Mc 3
New Member
I have a small Mobile Carwash business, and up till now I have been using the "On-Site" electric hook-ups, but it is becomming VERY tedious.
For one thing, although I try my best to be careful, I always worry about someone tripping over the cord, which sometimes stretches for over 100 ft. Also...Since some of the locations do not have
outside plug-in access I sometimes use a light-bulb screw-in adapter that has the plug-in. This works, but I'm not sure how safe this is ?
I only wash maybe 5 cars per day, and I basically only need electric power for 5-10 minute intervals to run the vacume cleaner which is 120 Vlts.Its a very small
(2 gallon) unit, as the cars I wash are always already clean. (Maintenence is E-2-Wks)
I would like to do without a generator, if possible, and was wondering if I could go with a Power Inverter that plugs into my 12 Vlt. ?
Would this work for me, as I only need approx. 15-20 minutes of electric power per day, and would I be better off leaving my truck running (in "Park" of coarse <g> ) while operating the vacume, (for only the 5 min. or s it takes to vacue)so as to not draw so much power from my battery, or would I best be served with a extra "Auxilery" (Marine) battery as a back-up power soarce ?
I dont know if I am making any sense at all, but hopefully you get an idea of what I am trying to accomplish and can tell me if I risk blowing up my vehicle in the proccess before I decide to do anything one way or the other LOL !!!
Thanks in advance.
Chis Mc 3 (Shiner)
For one thing, although I try my best to be careful, I always worry about someone tripping over the cord, which sometimes stretches for over 100 ft. Also...Since some of the locations do not have
outside plug-in access I sometimes use a light-bulb screw-in adapter that has the plug-in. This works, but I'm not sure how safe this is ?
I only wash maybe 5 cars per day, and I basically only need electric power for 5-10 minute intervals to run the vacume cleaner which is 120 Vlts.Its a very small
(2 gallon) unit, as the cars I wash are always already clean. (Maintenence is E-2-Wks)
I would like to do without a generator, if possible, and was wondering if I could go with a Power Inverter that plugs into my 12 Vlt. ?
Would this work for me, as I only need approx. 15-20 minutes of electric power per day, and would I be better off leaving my truck running (in "Park" of coarse <g> ) while operating the vacume, (for only the 5 min. or s it takes to vacue)so as to not draw so much power from my battery, or would I best be served with a extra "Auxilery" (Marine) battery as a back-up power soarce ?
I dont know if I am making any sense at all, but hopefully you get an idea of what I am trying to accomplish and can tell me if I risk blowing up my vehicle in the proccess before I decide to do anything one way or the other LOL !!!
Thanks in advance.
Chis Mc 3 (Shiner)
