missing shore line
Good afternoon, I am new to the forum so please bear with me. I just bought a 1985 Elkhart Traveler 5th wheel. It has pass through several hands. My question is about the main power box it seem that s...
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KD4UPL wrote:
The wires from the converter would not hook to the main breaker. Are you sure it's just a converter or did a previous owner install an inverter/charger with a transfer switch?
The shore cord hooks to the main breaker unless you also have a transfer switch for use of an onboard generator or an inverter.
The wires you describe, since there are a black and a red, would normally indicate a 240v/120v circuit. That is highly unusual for a converter. I strongly suspect it's an inverter/charger. In that case, your shore cord probably connects to it and the wire you have, being the inverter/charger's output, would hook to your main breaker.
Converter and Inverter do not hook to the breaker box main. Converter is fed from a 15 amp breaker in the box. Converter then goes to the 12 volt DC buss to provide 12 volts to lights and control circuits and also charges the battery. The INverter is connected to the battery on one side and to 120 volt loads on the other side.The large wire is the Shore Power cord.It goes from the ped to the main breaker. Sometimes via a TS.Converter/charger does the work of both.
