Booner wrote:
I'm not a Facebook member and it's a private group so I can't look at what you've done, so what's the wattage of your inverter?
I've got two inverters that I could put in my rv, a 800 watt and a 1800 watt. I think I'll do the 800 only so I'm not putting too much stress on my house battery. Later on this spring I'll figure out how to add an additional battery and put about 150 watt solar panel on the roof.
That was my fault when creating the Facebook group; I wanted to keep it private for the security of individuals. With that said, I see your point for those without Facebook. Unfortunately I cannot change the group to PUBLIC - Facebook precaution (once private, always private).
With that said...here are some photos.
Just shows the surge protector. The cable goes through the seat belt slot, so there's not modification needed.
I attached the remote on/off switch for the inverter and the voltmeter to the back of the plastic piece here. It's cracked, and CA has sent a replacement, so this allowed me to check fitment, etc, before committing. Also, I was not interested in having the outlets under the dinette area or off to the side in the hallway.
The inverter and associated cables - the only cable we had to modify was the battery cable. Based on someone else's recommendation we used heavy duty jumper cables, snipped the ends, and wired appropriate connectors. That cable was an absolute overkill and hard to work with. Anyways, it worked either way.
I went with this power inverter because I will use it to boil water with my tea kettle, and that runs at 1500 watts for a brief period. I wanted some security and for the power inverter to be solid without being concerned in the future if I did ever add a secondary battery.
You can easily pull the cables from the primary coach battery and wire up a battery here as well (maybe a 6v...a 12v would not fit without modification to the seat belt cage/harness.
Happy to provide Amazon links, but you should be able to find everything pretty easily - inverter, voltmeter, surge protector, power strip, and I bought the expanding foam and battery hardware (connectors to attach to the battery posts) from the local hardware store. Everything else (screws, wood) was scrap from the house/garage.
