How to find outlets not running thru the inverter

brao wrote:
It's difficult to tell which of you knows what they are talking about. I don't want to take a chance ruining my electrical system so I will call Fleetwood in the morning and talk to one of their techs. Hopefully I will find a safe answer.

What part of this is not clear to those of you who keep responding?

brao, if you run them(2) on low and don't run much else, you'll be fine.. We've done this many times.. You just can't run anything else with a big draw on the system without shutting off one or both heaters.. You can watch TV stuff like that.. This is on 50 amp, 30 amp is one heater and watch the amp meter to see what else you can run.. Mike Mathews..

Who knows what bit of silliness happens when they put these things together.. We bought it new in '03 and there hasn't been any rewiring.. Mike Mathews..

mscamping:
It could have been rewired in the last 10 years or it wasn't wired or marked correctly.

Well I went out and turned the shore power off and all of our outlets are still hot(energized).. So why are some marked inverter?? I don't shut our inverter off, it goes to stand-by.. It is ten years old and the only time it is shut off is when someone is working on the coach and they need it off.. It is a Freedom 458 1500 watt.. It has two 20 amp breakers with two circuits.. Mike Mathews..

brao wrote:
Obviously,and contrary to the guy who seemed to have fun at my expense(OP),my original and follow up questions have a lot of validity. Some of you think that the inverter powers all outlets and some of you think only a few. Some of you think you need to turn the inverter off to run an electric heater because you think that all power goes thru the inverter even when hooked up to shore power. Some of you think that I can use a night light to check for powered outlets that are powered by the inverter when not hooked up to shore power. Being honest, most of you can't seem to agree on one answer.It's difficult to tell which of you knows what they are talking about. I don't want to take a chance ruining my electrical system so I will call Fleetwood in the morning and talk to one of their techs. Hopefully I will find a safe answer.

1. You ONLY turn on the Inverter if you are self-contained with no Shore or Genset
2. I base MY comments on how many outlets are wired thru the Inverter on 34 years as a motorhome tech (still am).
3. The night light is a good method
4. The Inverter Chargers, have pass thru current. BUT, EVERYONE I have seen and installed have a MAX 30 amp breaker supplying the Inverter and some Inverters have their own breakers and some do not. So, if you run MORE current that 30 amps on all appliances and outlets that run thru the Inverter, you will either trip the Inverter Breakers or the 30 amp supplying the Inverter. THIS is why it is not a good idea to have EVERY `120 outlet thru the Inverter. Doug

It depends on what make and model of inverter. There is no straight answer without knowing what make and model. Soem have feed through features other do not. Some use the batteries and then battery(ies) are recharged as they are used.

brao wrote:
Being honest, most of you can't seem to agree on one answer.

Agreeing on one answer.. that's funny. Good bye.

Obviously,and contrary to the guy who seemed to have fun at my expense(OP),my original and follow up questions have a lot of validity. Some of you think that the inverter powers all outlets and some of you think only a few. Some of you think you need to turn the inverter off to run an electric heater because you think that all power goes thru the inverter even when hooked up to shore power. Some of you think that I can use a night light to check for powered outlets that are powered by the inverter when not hooked up to shore power. Being honest, most of you can't seem to agree on one answer.It's difficult to tell which of you knows what they are talking about. I don't want to take a chance ruining my electrical system so I will call Fleetwood in the morning and talk to one of their techs. Hopefully I will find a safe answer.

RognBon wrote:
I guess I'm still missing something here. If you have shore power, why turn the inverter on?

The OP isn't asking about using the inverter to run a heater. He's asking which outlets are energized THROUGH the inverter with shore power. And if the power goes thru the inverter, it must be on.