Anyone install an 30 amp receptacle outside for inverter?

A 1000W inverter will only supply 8.3A and a common household extension cord could be used if desired.

And if you do use 8.3A AC the battery draw will be about 90A DC and batteries discharge in a hurry.

Bigfoot2005 wrote:

CA Traveler wrote:
There are a variety of cord covers that you can install in the floor and then route the 30A plug inside the compartment for the inverter.

Sounds like a 20A plug would also supply adequate power.

Does the receptacle not need to be a 30 amp for the trailer plug to fit?

The plugs have to match.

But you should carry a 30/20A adapter. And a 30/50A for some CG pedestals.

SoundGuy wrote:

Bigfoot2005 wrote:
This is exactly what I am looking to do. Do you have any other pics on the install?

Here's a series of pics of my inverter installation. Click on "i" at the top right of any pic for a text description.

Awesome, thank you

2oldman wrote:
What do you do when the battery(ies) need charging?

I have a generator that is allowed to run at certain times of the day. Usually between 9-11 am and 6-8 pm. I charge the batteries then

Bigfoot2005 wrote:
This is exactly what I am looking to do. Do you have any other pics on the install?

Here's a series of pics of my inverter installation. Click on "i" at the top right of any pic for a text description.

I STILL don't understand....at all.

If you have an appropriate "shore power" outlet installed at your home, you would just plug it in like at any campground and all the outlets will work......just like they do at the campground.

All of this messing with an inverter is NOT required.
Or.....maybe I should ask why you think it IS required ??

What do you do when the battery(ies) need charging?

SoundGuy wrote:

Bigfoot2005 wrote:
I guess it is as simple as drilling a hole in the compartment to the outside and running wires to the 30 amp receptacle and mounting the receptacle on the A frame but was looking for a bit cleaner look if someone has done something like this already.

I installed a 1000 watt PSW inverter in the trailer's front pass through cargo compartment and ran a cable from one of the 120 vac outlets down through the trailer floor to the outside world and terminated the cable with a female Leviton WetGuard connector. It was used mostly for the convenience of plugging in a fan, etc but if I connected a dogbone to the trailer's main service cable I could power the entire trailer with the inverter, I just had to remember to shut off the converter in order to avoid a closed loop.

This is exactly what I am looking to do. Do you have any other pics on the install?

Bigfoot2005 wrote:
I guess it is as simple as drilling a hole in the compartment to the outside and running wires to the 30 amp receptacle and mounting the receptacle on the A frame but was looking for a bit cleaner look if someone has done something like this already.

I installed a 1000 watt PSW inverter in the trailer's front pass through cargo compartment and ran a cable from one of the 120 vac outlets down through the trailer floor to the outside world and terminated the cable with a female Leviton WetGuard connector. It was used mostly for the convenience of plugging in a fan, etc but if I connected a dogbone to the trailer's main service cable I could power the entire trailer with the inverter, I just had to remember to shut off the converter in order to avoid a closed loop.

CA Traveler wrote:
There are a variety of cord covers that you can install in the floor and then route the 30A plug inside the compartment for the inverter.

Sounds like a 20A plug would also supply adequate power.

Does the receptacle not need to be a 30 amp for the trailer plug to fit?