Hi Cheryl,
I own the Magnum 3000 hybrid inverter/charger. I can run anything in the RV, but only for as long as the battery bank lasts. My bank is medium sized at 556 amp-hours of surplus acid AGM's. I can run the roof air for 1.7 hours before hitting 50% state of charge.
So the question becomes not "what can you run?" (answer everything), but "how do you recharge the battery bank?"
For recharging, I use a combination of solar, shore power, and a generator (which lives on a rack behind my class C). Costs for recharge from solar are essentially free after the initial purchase. Cost for shore power is included in a site rental. Costs for running the generator are astronomical in comparison.
The three inverter makers I would consider are Victron, Magnum, and Outback. All of them have a hybrid inverter charger and all are top drawer items.
Cheryl_B wrote:
I want to buy an inverter and I'm going to go all the way and get a 3,000 watt. What can you run on it and can you power your whole RV with it? I saw a video on youtube where a man installed a 3-prong plug (so he could plug in just like he could with shore power) and he was able to run his microwave. The video didn't show him running anything else.
