Installing A 3000 Watt Inverter On My Truck | SHOCKING RESULTS!
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- Tripp Lite 3000 Watt Inverter Install On My Truck | SHOCKING RESULTS!
Hey everyone! In this video, I install a 3000 watt Tripp Lite inverter into one of my 2021 Freightliner Cascadia trucks. I had installed another inverter on another one of my trucks a couple months ago, and thought it might be helpful and fun to share the install with the UA-cam community! I hope it helps! Enjoy 😊
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Can we appreciate a female truck driver who doesn't have to attack viewers with her body parts.
I had no idea that truckers actually did that.
@@gewglesux some female truckers, not all of them.
@@fh1980ram I see.. thanks for the heads up.
She is awesome
@@gewglesux I have literally seen a trucker female bending over infront of the camera with short skirts. Freaking manipulative
the first explosion made me jump lol wasn't expecting that
My heart stopped for a second there.
It made me jump too
Same here. Dam you man. Lmao
THAT explosion WASN"T NECESSARY. Scared the hell out of me.
haha it made me giggle
A very capable driver who does her own installations. Impressive!
well I mean...it helps that she's got an amazing supervisor in Dakota ;)
Serious props for taking the initiative to do the work yourself!
Good exploding car effect. I’m still laughing. Good sense of humor. This video goes well with your new appliance install the other day. Braided cable.
Stranded wire cable.
I wasn’t ready for that but it was funny
The second one was also funny
Babbbeee I woke up the entire house… that ish was funny!
Well that’s what woudl realistically happen if you accidentally shorted out a lithium battery, it would probably explode
Hi Shelby you done a great job, but want to highlight couple of suggestions which will help you in long run:
1- The chopping of the lugs on the battery leads to make the termination for the inverter side is not recommended. Instead you should have used pin-type lugs in order to protect the soft strands of the battery cables. Direct termination is good for first time only, but the second time a good percentage of the strands will get crushed and damaged due to the terminal bolt pressure.
2. In your next truck get all the battery cables prewired upto a terminal box fitted near the inverter so you need a small jumper cable between the terminal box and the inverter terminal. It will be very easy to install as well as dismantling in case of any maintenance.
Otherwise i have thoroughly enjoyed the video and your expertise in doing all the fit out. 👍👍👍
Having been a diesel/truck mechanic for years I'm impressed with your explanation and work on the inverter...well done!
Oh wow! You're a diesel/ truck mechanic?
Being the president of Russia I am also impressed!!!
Great video! One suggestion for the future... When connecting to the batteries, the connectors are "across" a single battery and this will cause additional stress or discharge from that single battery. If you connect the positive at one end and the negative at the other, you basically pull power across the whole array more effeciently. :-)
Wait… sooo you can connect the inverter to any battery as long as it pos to pos/ neg to neg, and it will not go kaboom… well hell I guess that makes perfect sense being that all of the wires are connected to each other… 🤯🤯🤯
Thank you for the clarity!!!
@V KASH I'm so confused now.
Quite correct . Would spread the Load . Other than that , the Young Lady did a Sterling Job .
It’s a 12v inverter not 24v so the video displays it as it should be done
@@jourd543 I’m sorry. You are incorrect. We are not talking about series or parallel wiring here. It’s about load. If you connect your terminals onto the same end it will draw more current from that battery vs taking the load across the whole array. Please. Make sure you know what you are talking about before you post your nonsense.
That’s a spot-on demonstration of installing an inverter. I did mine the exact same way, on my very first Freightliner FLD120, about 25 years ago when inverters started to really take off, as opposed to generators. I used mine to power my fridge, tv/vcr, satellite dish receiver, and microwave. There was a time in trucking when there were no such built in amenities in trucking. They have certainly come a long way in the ten years since I retired, but channels like yours keep me interested and “involved” in trucking. Keep up the enthusiasm and great work!
Thanks for paving the way for us old timer. :) Grandpa took me in the truck as a kid, and it's my favorite thing to do.
Shelby has published her 50th video on UA-cam!
Congratulations from Germany
you counted ? lol
@@Fatih308 It sometimes shows how many videos have been uploaded to a UA-cam Channel m8.
You are so awesome!!
I love your I can do this attitude!!
I’m scared of electricity too
I think it’s a healthy fear 😂
I’m proud of you! Thank you for your videos!
I really admire your skills and confidence. You go woman.
You’re a good person to invest in the comfort of your drivers. You obviously don’t skimp on them😎
Love your channel, But i would use 100 ohm 100 watt resistor on the ground terminal between the inverter and the wire, which will slowly charge the capacitor's, they can blow with a huge inrush current. Also using ferrules on the wires, will help keep them together. Also She is using true OFC wire, ( Oxygen Free Copper) Instead of CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum ), CCA is not idea and can over heat and cause a fire.
I agree on Copper Clad Aluminum. I’ve seen CCA battery jumper cables that were absolutely useless.
Not to mention galvanic corrosion, that’s why mixing copper and aluminum together in general is a horrible idea
To my digital daughter. Keep up the great work. Your installation was very good. I know a lot of guys that aren't capable of doing what you just did. I'm a retired driver of 41 years and I love to follow you and watch you try and help people with the job of professional driver.
I'm guessing I'm one of those guys you don't know. Hard work ethics. Audio installer 2 years, prep/helper/ driver 2 years, cook 1 year, laborer 1 year, framing 4 years, roofing 6mo, cement 5mo, delivery driver/rideshare 3 years and now otr 4 years. Never had an office job or kiss ass for customers.
I could have done that for free after a date, haha. She didn't test with a voltmeter/controller. Lots of things she is probably not aware of. It will work, just not as good as it can be. Anyway, I'm sure she's married and has plenty of help. Also, for a second.. I thought the dog was filming. Lol.
23 seconds in and i just nearly lost it laughing xD
Dude I nearly did the same thing
Me too
0:12 "It's a long process" 0:29 "Now let's see if it works" ))
For future reference, with those big 0 guage wires, when you expose all the strands of wire to stuff into the inverter, it is a good idea to tin the strands together. Heat the strands up with a micro torch and melt some solder into them. It will keep all the strands together and provide a better conductor to the inverter plug. You can do it with the shore power wires as well, if you want to. The reason I'm telling you this is those individual strands will break over time through vibration, and eventually the wires will come off. If they are tinned together, they act as one big solid wire that won't break. I've been working on this type of stuff for probably 25 years now.
I had an audio place to install my inverter and when I hooked up the microwave up it sparked and it work anymore
@@michaelsims9345 that makes me suspect that maybe they hooked it up wrong as in backwards polarity or something was loose.
One thing to be aware of about tining if that is done too much it can make the joint where it goes back to normal untined wire brittle.
Horrible idea never tin wires
Into a crimp termination! Extra resistance, fire hazard, and breakage can occur! Crimp the lugs with a die crimper. 25 bucks on amazon will buy you a crimp tool that goes up 4 aught! Thats four sizes under zero gauge! Please crimp. Prior service Aircraft powered and train tech here. If you have questions ask me!
Sparks are from charging the capacitors in the inverter a temporary resistor (videos on UA-cam) would help for that .
Make sure the inverter has plenty of air flow for the fans in the rear!
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@Iron *Fe* 393.95 Only covers rating, labeling, visual indicators, accessibility, type of agent and secure mounting. Nothing about heat source. Generally the caution about heat source is relevant when the extinguisher is automatic such as a kitchen vent hood or engine compartment in a marine application. You don't want it going off when you are cooking steaks or steaming hard against a current. There is no way a manual extinguisher can go off when it's in its holder.
@Iron *Fe* They do give off heat, and you are right the air flow is the key. RV’s have this problem all the time. In a RV the incoming 120v is converted to 12v. . It’s called a “converter” and it is an inverter in reverse. They deal with 30A and 50A 120v and are rated 3,600w and 6,000w and above. Inverters and converters have heat and load sensors that shut the unit down until the adverse condition is corrected. This is usually automatic and the unit comes back online by itself. I would have a second fire 🔥 extinguisher in a different location in case you had a problem with the inverter or wiring in that compartment.
@@johnschubert4665 a fire extinguisher will never put out an electrical fire. The connection of electricity must be broken!!
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Great video! I'm about to do mine, hoping I can do it if not I'll hire mechanic. Well your video was fun I felt a little exhausted just watching you do it.
Shelby, how many trucks do you own right now?
Do you give input for Dakota's captions or is BK funny enough he comes up with it?
Its nice to see a driver that can actually work on their own truck.
I would put in a smaller (2000 - 2400) watt pure sin wave inverter. A pure sine wave inverter costs a little more, but it is more efficient. You will usually hear a buzz from your microwave on a modified sine wave inverter that you won't hear on a pure sine wave inverter or when it is plugged into house current. The microwave will also heat up food about 20% faster on a pure sine wave inverter. Your electric motors will also run better (vacuum, etc.).
When tightening stranded wire, go back after a few minutes and retighten them. They will often relax a little and you can get another quarter turn or so. Also make sure their is no wire insulation under any terminals when installing. That can eventually cause a short and potential fire.
Thank you camera man! Amazing work you do, and the editor is funny. 😂
I think it's Bodi that does the editing as well as the camera.
Hi Shelby I have been watching your videos since day one. I am proud of you! You are inspiring and hard working. In ten years (or less) I see you sitting behind a desk owning one of the top five trucking companies in America. Maybe driving a load across country when you feel like it! I like how much you care about people. I'm sure through the years you will learn some hard lessons and meet a few weirdos. Remember it will be those times that teach you and will build character. When you start getting frustrated take it back to the beginning. Watch your starting out videos again and again. I was a bus driver for 20 years. When I started getting frustrated a little voice in my head would say, take it back to the beginning, where you started. You are an amazing role model to both men and women. Keep filming and posting! XO Michelle
Very well!!! 👍👏
I care about people too. I don’t see y’all pontificating under my shit too. I’m guessing it because she’s female.
Hope the invertor works perfectly in your truck hopefully it don't actually blow up 🤣🤣 and I was working I could get a shout out because it's my birthday 🥳🎉 and Also tell Dakota I said baby shark do do do do do do🤣
Anything routed near your regen unit needs to be protected from high temperature
Yep, or else that’s an electrical fire waiting to happen 😬
Inverters ,, Electric APU's VS Diesel APU's that is the Question and how much does eacxh one cost ?
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Are you running your inverter off the starting batteries? maybe I missed a section but you shouldn't do that.
Yup
How do you tell which one is the starter Battery?
@@omarijones6486 The batteries that come with the truck connected to the starter and truck. You should have a separate battery or bank of batteries and they should be wired to charge off the alternator but separate from the starter battery so you do not run the starter battery dead by accident.
Did you consider APUs instead?
Most states give a 400-550 pound ‘credit’ for trucks equipped with such units. It’s to encourage people to install them, and this discourage idling for heat/cooling while parked.
Then the added benefits include household power, fuel savings from not idling AND much less engine wear (idling is bad for engine longevity).
They are nice when they work, they are very expensive to add and maintenance is a pain. Idle management systems are becoming more common these days, just because the extra cost of the apu is hard to justify.
Only some Apu's like carrier produce 120v power. Thermoking will install their 1800 watt inverter for a price, but you get no outlets other than those on the inverter. So generally speaking, even with an API, you still need an inverter. Her truck is likely set up with auto start to charge the batteries as they drain, which works very much like an APU, and I personally think it uses less fuel than an APU, not that it's enough to really matter much either way.
How about a full part list... thanks for sharing
How does this inverter work? How long will it work off a 4 battery cmv? Does it shut dn after 30 mins? Will it run with the truck running so the batteries will charge? How fast does it heat up to where it won't work or you have to shut it off? Give us a picture of all over it if u can! Thx
Ok you won't get shocked! I assume the 12v batteries are such that you get 24V to the starter (i.e the batteries are wired such that two of then are in series.. hence you get 24V). But 24V is not enough to shock you.. The 110V from the inverter.. Yes THAT will shock you. The problem with batteries is the current that can discharge down to ground will give a massive heating effect. Thats why when working on batteries you should never wear any rings (or wear gloves like you did).. If you had a gold ring on your finger, and you have a steel wrench on the battery positive terminal and as you were turning the wrench your gold ring hit any steelwork on the truck and the wrench at the same time you would have a dead short through the gold ring.. The instant heating effect of that could mean easily losing that finger!
I appreciate how you do and how often you explain what things are, plus what you are doing!
Gotta tell ya, I’ve got zero clue wtf is going on in this video, what you’re doing exactly, but it’s interesting as hell. 😂😂 how’d you learn to do all this stuff Shelby?
beautiful and can fix a truck my type of woman
Multi Strand wire is flexible and won't crack from the vibrations of a truck .. Klien Tools makes a relaly nice Battery Cable cutter.. which electricions use for heavy guage electrical wire lager than 00 wire ...
Funny begining with the car blowing up. BK good thinking. Shelby do you really do all this by yourself or do you get help from someone. Your spirit is so refreshing. Love all of your contents. God bless keep the shinny side up. Have a great time till the next one.
The reason you don't find solid core wires on any vehicle is because solid core wires are only meant for non vibration situations, like houses. If you use solid core wire on a vehicle, the vibration will cause the solid copper to work harden and eventually crack.. Obviously not what you want..:)
$900 for both the inverter / install kit ? She’s a rich truck driver.
Awesome educational video. 👍 And, as always, Dakota has the best lines. 🐕😂
use a large 5w1ohm resistor to charge the capacitors before making a connection , the spark does not harm any of the equipment but it does put some stress on the caps and a scar on the connector . i hope u have enough alternators to provide 3kw at 12v (that's like 300amps and most trucks have 120 to 150amp alternator stock , u can buy 400amps alternators aftermarket . )
Shame on that bird for stealing that girls chicken nugget.
Kodiak doesn't really do much of anything to help, does he?
You given out good information on how to install a converter thank you for sharing your knowledge
Cheers from Bruce in New Zealand ❤🙂
You should install a pair of 12v computer fans for makeup air to cool the jockey box when the inverter is on. Those inverters get hot. Also your batteries will get damaged if you run the inverter down to below 50% of your battery's peak charge so check with tripp lite about tuning the low voltage cutoff. A dead truck is no fun. Your better off running lifepo4 batteries under the bunk in a 48v configuration and running a charger to your starter battery that only runs when the engine is on. Also I hope that inverter is pure sine!
Always disconnect negative first then positive when reconnecting add your negative first then positive then replace the nuts this insures less of a chance for shock
Most say do positive first then if you short the circuit isn’t complete. The way you describe if your wrench touches a grounded object the circuit is complete.
Using the Stanley knife makes me nervous! Just a suggestion, but would they not have supplied ferrules to slip over the stripped wire where it is screwed to the terminals? Makes for a better connection.
My brother is a truck driver and needs an inverter in his truck badly. I think I know what to get him for his birthday now. Lol. It’s an easy DIY project I can do for him. Thanks for the idea. Great job.
People share this channel, Dakota needs
The attention😁
Very informative video!
Wicked cool I love when a woman kicks ass at what society calls man's work I really like this video your awesome
😅the explosion is hilarious, thank you !!!
I am not a trucker..but i like Your Videos..❤
Shelby, why is the dealership not interested in fixing manufacturer mistakes for you? You influence millions of watchers. It would be to their advantage to help you. I'm not a trucker however I am in sales and marketing. Why are inverters not offered as an option from the factory? You are an impressive young lady. Much success with your company. Also much success for Dakota with them heckin' cats!
I love this video!! Not only because you are brilliant at wiring those trucks but the special effects explosion was awesome!!!
You are all so talented!!!! Keep on trucking!!
I like to watch your trucking videos but today when I am watching this video while mean I told my parents that how the wiring goes inside of Freightliner Cascadia !
I really shocked when I watch this video because I don't know this all things !
Thank you very much making this video !!!
Shelby, An excellent video !!!! loved your step by step instructions of your install of the inverter. I was surprised at the size of the inverter, but also realize what you will be running within the truck so it makes sense with the size. Again Shelby, thank you for sharing this video with us. I'm also glad to see you back and promoting the trucking industry that we enjoy seeing Shelby. I can't forget to mention I enjoy BK's part with getting Dakota involved in the video.
I assume the inverter only works if the truck is running , yea? Is there any way that you can have electricity without your truck engine on? I’ve heard that having your truck on all night consumes a lot of fuel.
Is there a way to have a battery charging while your driving?
You're obviously not a trucker
I bet that interior was done on a monday morning.🤣
🌴🐬🐬🐬What will u be towing?💥💥💥🌴
The only safety thing I would have done different is unhook any ground wires grounding to the batteries so if you accidentally bumped the cab with the wrench while loosening or tightening the positive it won't arc. You can hook a test light to the positive and then touch the cab and the frame to make sure it's dead too. But yeah if there's plenty of room and you wear a glove and keep your hand around the end of the wrench and don't let the wrench touch anything it's probably pretty safe.
Nice video but ideally you should connect your red wire to the first battery and your black wire to the last battery. This way you make all 4 batteries work at the same time. You use your batterys evenly this way.
What kinda amp did yu use for the inverter?
Thanks for the inspiration.❤️🚚 Hopefully next month I'll star my CDL training!
Great job. What are you running off of your inverter?
Holly sht that’s the kleanest truk I have ever seen. 😅
0:22 🤣 0:41 🤣 everything's blowing up in this truck! 🤣
How come we never get to meet the guy behind the camera?
I'll never have to do this, but watched it all anyways lol. The inverter in my diesel pick up connects to the cig lighter, little easier.
Great video! Informative and fun. Exploding car was unexpected but so hilarious. Dakota's lines were classic!
Yeah, that would have tragic if something exploded from being mid-wired or something.
Again , another well put together educational how to video. Thanks to you, the Great.
Just a little advice, you may have to put a larger alternator with a higher output in, if you start putting a heavy load on the inverter the batteries won't keep up and you will using more power than your creating. High output alternator's are usually on emergency vehicles since they use a lot of power.
Most semi's have 14v alternator in them
@@DarkFire32001 He is talking about the alternator amperage and not the voltage.
Most have a 130 amp alternator and with 4 batteries there is no problem with truck running. The problem is running things while parked with engine off
@@kentstryker7208 Yep, by my math, to put out 3 kilowatts with just 12 volts you need 250 amps.
Good work bruh. All the guys I work with are scared of tools and never want to work on their own trucks. Keep at it and stay safe out there🐕
Well you did good I’m a electrician and I like how you paid attention to details that makes for longevity in a installation. I have to do a 7 way plug on my pick up for the first time and I know it’s in the details for longevity of electrical connections in moving vehicles that are subject to the environment. Thank you for your time you even teaching an old guy a thing or two. Oh and Dikota is the best.
You're one gifted Woman! Be safe out there as always! Give Dakota some Yum Yums!! You Go Girl!
Freightliner: poor service times; Kenworth has the best service.
No matter what it is, NEVER buy anything built on a Monday or a Friday. Fridays the employees are paid and ready to go for the weekend; Mondays they're surviving from hangovers.
Good job installing that !! It was awesome to see how you did that!!! Stay safe!!
Sorry you blew up your car.......
Is this the truck your going to drive or are you setting all of them up like this? Hope you find drivers that will care for your equipment that you do
I shelby hope you are well. Sorry I did not no you had quite a few skills under your belt.that is awesome work and your presentation is very good nice and neat. That's brilliant to here you do all the trucks. Keep up the brilliant work you are awesome phil. Happy trucking to you shelby. Philip. 👍🇬🇧🤘
Please let us see you swimming
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I love your truck it's cool
May as well get a G4 All In One Solar Charge Kontroller Inverter….. You kan plug Shore power into it, as well as generator & solar panels. Then lithium batteries for your rig & a Maxwell Super Kapacitor for the Starting system of your truck. That way the Super Kapacitors do the work of turning the engine over, swear your batteries will only be pulling 3 amps starting!!!! Isn’t that something amazing!!! Ma Elektron has been using a system like this for his daily driver for 3 years. 😅
She got an onlyfans?
Sweetie, you are an inspiration and amazing role model for girls of today's age suffering with TikTok brain.
I'm actually looking at how to recharge my trucks APU batteries. Not sure if it's possible to just plug-in external power directly into the inverters electrical outlet (hoping it will automatically send incoming power back into batteries), or should I install a Shore power outlet like your truck has.
If I ever need to install an inverter, I'll definitely re-watch this video on how to. Props to Shelby by getting in there and doing it herself, rather than waste money on a diesel mechanic.
I love how Dakota's in the background moving back and forth.
Your blue gloves are good, but You don’t really understand what You are dealing with. A 12 or 24 volt DC shock will not hurt You. Those batteries are probably a 1000 amp hour each which will make it a BOMB THAT COULD EXPLODE IF YOU GROUND OUT THE POTENTIAL TO GROUND WHEN YOU ARE THREADING CABLES OVER TOP BATTERY. YOU ARE NUTS USING A REGULAR 9/16” wrench that needs to be fully insulated so it can’t complete the circuit to ground and cause catastrophic results. The batteries to explode, causing the worst injury to Your face, eyes, which could cause instant death, loose Your EYES, and the acid will disfigure your skin for life making You very ugly. The cable end needs to have a boot ty rapped to it so it can’t make any connection while dressing and sliding it in place across battery terminals. (Many mechanics have additionally lost their wedding ring finger while using a wrench connecting positive cable if their ring becomes the point of contact to frame.) You could also catch the truck on fire for total loss besides Your disfigurement, blindness, or death. The one thing you did that was partly right was make the connection to positive terminal first. Shorting out the negative terminal to metal or ground will be no problem but there is also the possibility you could short out terminal to next battery positive post. (If you are disconnecting any battery, You do it in reverse order. Negative terminal comes off first.) You are a very beautiful Young Professional Manager. This work is for a good shop with trained employees with insulated tools. It’s KOOL that
You understand the circuitry to a degree to select and buy the right equipment. THE INSTALLATION IS NOT FOR YOU PLEASE.
Officially WIFEY MATERIAL !!😆🤦🏽♂️💯 nothing like asking your girl ,” honey did those battery cables to the inverter reach ?!” 😂😂😍
Making a J for the plug is the best way to secure it! But I absolutely didn't know about splicing into that wire for the outlets!! Loved the video!
😀 you save your money....no machanic no money waste you self depended women...you have good knowledge repairing the some trucking activities....
@0:23 - BLM... is a bad boy! 😱😅 Y'all trolled everyone. Twice. 😳😛
Um, there will be a test on this, next Friday. So, y'all study hard. 😜
Class dismiss.
Shelby… A suggestion. Go to NAPA and get a tube of Permatex dielectric grease ($13.00). Give each inverter connection a little dab of the grease. Dielectric grease will prevent corrosion especially in humid weather. Don’t need to undo the connection. Just insert the tip and give a gentle squeeze…
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Hi, why you doing this yourself? If I'm getting from you new truck I more than happy install inverter for my own comfort. You to good for your drivers, prepare yourself, they're gonna call you for every little thing about truck. But good luck to you, seems like you understand about this job much more then today new truck drivers.
Does the truck have a port for the engine block to keep it from freezing up while not running in extreme cold weather? Great video, btw, Shelby. 👍👍
Yes the block heater plug is located under the driver's door, you can see it several times while she's working on the batteries
Scary Freightliner has such poor Quality Control and the Dealership blew you off. Seems like you buy a lot of trucks. You would think Freightliner would be jumping hoops to get things right. Hope they connected the steering column securely. :-} Love your Videos, Shelby, Dakota plus camera guy...
✊👍Good job, having installed many inverters if you have not I’d recommend fitting a isolator switch just in case you start to get any leakage from the inverter plus it makes for a safer insatiable
Secondly watch the battery drain when using, it’s easy in winter Night heater running, Cooking & few cups of coffee can I state can flatten your Battery’s.
Fantastic, interesting & I wish you luck 🍀 ✊🍀👍
Too bad shore power is not really used anymore. I'm looking to get in it with CFI, and they have no APU's. Only 1500watt inverters with shore power plugs and that's it. So I look forwards to idling my truck often lol.