That darn 12v cable...
I am not sure what i am doing wrong here.... I have a class c thor motorhome... I thought it would be nice to be able to watch TV when we are dry camping and since the RV doesnt come with an inverter ...
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donn0128 wrote:
Even though the inverter may be rated for 200 watts, or about 18 amps, the cable is probably not large enough to support the load. In simple terms you are probably strangling the inverter.
X 2, especially if the existing wire is already powering other items like the sound system.
A 60 watt draw (5 amps) would max out a piece of 14 gauge wire after about 15 feet if my math is correct.
If this is more than an experiment, run a new wire from the source to the outlet (fused at source) and run larger gauge wire. There's charts readily available on the 'net that will tell you what gauge wire you need for a given load at a certain length.
