• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Check your inverter!

Excellent point David. I found that out the moment I left my little 300W inverter plugged in a few years ago, with a laptop and a few other things plugged into it (I think I had a surge protector plugged in there too). The second I turned the key of the ignition to "run" I got a pop. I ended up hard wiring my 1500W Cobra directly to the battery, with a fuse/buss bar in between with the manufacturer recommend 4 gage wire. Routing it was fun to do, but it has performed without fault since then.
 
I am a automotive electronics specialist and when it comes to 12volt cig plug inverters is that they are advertised as 100watt/120volt. But that is peak and constant power can be as high as 40% less then that. So if you need 100watt constant, I would recommend ~300watt.
 
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