How-to: Installing AC plugs and power inverter.

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HOW-TO INSTALLING 110-120 VAC PLUGS AND POWER INVERTER "house plugs" Here's my step-by-step guide to installing a power inverter and externalizing the plugs and switch. [hr]NEEDS LIST: Power inverter small phillips screwdriver small slotted screwdriver 350-450ºF Soldering Iron (for plastic welding and wire soldering) ¼" drive socket and ratchet set Long post OEM battery terminal 2x-- 5-10' of 3-wire electrical wire or drop cord 6-gauge red power cable 40" long (4gauge and a splitter can be used in case you want to hook up another inverter or an amp.) 4 ft of 16 gauge wire to externalize inverter switch three prong receptacle washer style electrical connector Sharpie marker digital multimeter tylenol (optional, to get rid of a possible PITA) [hr]1st step: Getting an inverter You need to choose a power inverter, AutoZone has a Schumacher power inverter for $50-60us, $65-75ca. You'll need to have the battery connectors with the power inverter. [hr]2nd step: Preparing inverter for installation Test the inverter by clamping it to the battery. If it works, continue. Take out the four screws that hold in the switch and the outlets. Using your slotted screwdriver, pry out the I/O switch. Use your soldering iron to remove the wires from the switch. Splice the 16 gauge wires with the wires that you just disconnected from the switch, then solder the other ends of the 16 to the switch. [hr]3rd step. Mount the inverter. Lay the inverter in the glove compartment as shown below. You may tie down the inverter if you like with zip ties, but once you close up the glove compartment, it ain't gonna go anywhere. [hr]4th step. Run the battery cable Find the grommet in the passenger side floorboard. Its just under the carpet at the firewall. Run your red cable through the hole a pick it up through the engine bay making sure you avoid the manifold. Disconnect the positive battery post and replace it with the new long battery post. You may use a bushing or washers to make sure that the post is tight. All cables going into glove compartmen will go in through the gab around the interior light bulb. Cut off the clamp ends of cable that came with the unit. Splice the red cable with the oneyou just ran to the battery. Making sure your switch is off, connect it to the inverter. Running the ground is simple. Cut the clamp off the black cable. Crimp on the washer style connectors. Connect that end of the cable to one of the bolts in the glove compartment. Do not connect ground to the inverter until you are done. Its possible that you may blow a fuse. [hr]5th Step Running the drop cords. Take out the console lay-in. Take out the peice in the back of the console. Cut the female end off of the drop cords. Attach the male ends to the inverter and run them down through the light gap. Go back toward the firewall with them and tuck them under the carpet. Make a left turn and go toward the console. Make another left turn and take the cords alongside the console. Poke the ends under the console compartment. And reach down into the console and pull the cords up. Run the cords through the hole in the back of the aluminum brace in the back of the console. Pull the cord out of the back of the console. Poke the cords inside the console to hide them. [hr]6th step Prepping the panel.

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