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I brought a power inverter that has a 20 amp fuse and I can't use it in my cigarette lighter because that's 15 amps (when i tried it blew the fuse). So I was wondering would it work if I replace the lighter with a 20 amp fuse and how bad would that be? Or is there any other ways around this? any help would be appreciated.

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PS-I also tried replacing the inverter fuse with a 15 amp, btw, that didn't work either.

 
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If the inverter has its own internal fuse, you can just run a power lead straight from your battery.

 
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ya, just hook it up straight to the battery, its better that way anyways

 
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Ain't there any other ways? I've already have a buncha other stuff hooked up to my battery and the inverter is only 140 watts so it doesn't come with the wires.

I don't get why the company (tripplite) makes a 20 amp Inverter when our civics, my friend's accord, another friend's rav4, and probably a whole lot of other cars uses 15 amp fuses for the lighters. Any ideas? just curious.

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maybe chevy's as such have a bigger fuse? our battery is puney compared to theirs.. what are you trying to run on the inverter anyways?