Can an inverter catch fire? [RE-wrenches]

[R. Sparks Scott]

	I'd say if there is some concern about mounting an inverter, or any other
appliance, on a plywood wall, it would be a cheap and easy fix to put up a
thin sheet of galvanized steel or aluminum before mounting the equipment.
If an inverter could burn through that and ignite the wall behind, you have
a big enough problem that it doesn't much matter what the wall is made of.
	Perhaps this is a good case for a "power shed". I keep all of my
flammables and combustibles out in the "fuel shed", just in case of
problems, and the batteries, inverters and power processing equipment is in
a converted horse trailer, also detached form the house. How's that old
saying about eggs and baskets go?

	-S

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