inverter hook-up
This is for all you dry-campers with inverters. I have installed a kinda large one (3500 watts) in the next compartment over from my batteries. I used a (I think) 300 amp fuse and a bayonet type switc...
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Clay L wrote:
The best way to do it is to use a sub panel that contains only the circuits you want to have powered from the inverter and use an automatic transfer relay to switch from shore/genny to the inverter.
X2 on the sub-panel. Its a little more work to install, but is really nice when you're done. I bought a Xantrex inverter with the transfer switch built in and a remote display with an on/off switch. Now with the sub-panel, our 110V outlets always have power. No extension cords, no breakers to flip. They automatically switch over to the inverter when shore power is disconnected and we can turn the inverter off when the trailer is in storage.
