Lance camper inverter wiring
I have a 2001 Lance 1010 camper. It DOES NOT have a generator but it is wired for one. I have 2-12 volt batteries. My question is, can I install an inverter and wire it to the generator wiring.In othe...
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naturist wrote:
Short answer: NO
Firstly, two batteries will not run your microwave long enough to make but a couple batches of popcorn. (Just did the math: at best the microwave will run for around 20 minutes and completely kill the batteries.)
Secondly the generator is wired to power the battery charger along with everything else on the 12 volt system. Taking power from the battery to run the inverter to power the battery charger is insane. Separating the 12 and 120 volt systems is not as simple a task as it appears.
When you want to use the microwave, hook up shore power or buy a generator. The cheap shortcut of just adding an inverter is neither cheap nor effective.
I disagree. It is very effective and is as cheap as you want your inverter investment to be. The simple answer is to isolate the AC supply for your converter in your AC control panel (if it isn't already) and flip that breaker off when you want to supply AC power from the inverter. This is what I've always done in our TT and the inverter supplies AC power through the shore power cable to everything. I agree with the microwave analysis. I also shut off breakers to the electric portion of the water heater and to the air con just to avoid accidentally turning it on which would overload the inverter.
