Inverter did your rv come with this??
I'm wondering if you have one do you get a lot of use from it? Will a dealer install it and at what cost? Can you shut off your dash board air and run your ac off it? Do most units come with it instal...
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My Beaver came from the factory with a 3000 watt inverter, but like the last poster, the AC was wired to the shorepower only. The inverter fed only the plugs on the Left hand side of the coach, while the right side had shorepower only. Worked well, and the microwave had the only split plug in the coach.
As i've said before, the dealer where I bought had incompetent service people and they had fried a brand new Xantrex (as well the previous owner said the original worked when they traded the coach in), so Xantrex replaced it with a brand new unit under warranty. I installed it myself which was no problem other than covering the hole where the former controller was....I normally left the inverter on, and when the batteries died of old age it had a function to recover the battery 'memory'which was nice.
Installation was a breeze....I bought some aluminium strip and mounted it to the overhead frame in one of the compartments. I'm not strong enough to hold it up with one hand, so I used 1/8 or 3/16" threaded rod to draw it up into place thenreplaced the rods with bolts once it was in place. The electrical was done with truck battery cables sized for the load, so connection was with wingnuts. You probably can't afford an older moterhome if you have to pay someone to do that.
Since they did a free replacement, it was a good investment, but having had it....we don't do enough boondocking to justify the money.
As i've said before, the dealer where I bought had incompetent service people and they had fried a brand new Xantrex (as well the previous owner said the original worked when they traded the coach in), so Xantrex replaced it with a brand new unit under warranty. I installed it myself which was no problem other than covering the hole where the former controller was....I normally left the inverter on, and when the batteries died of old age it had a function to recover the battery 'memory'which was nice.
Installation was a breeze....I bought some aluminium strip and mounted it to the overhead frame in one of the compartments. I'm not strong enough to hold it up with one hand, so I used 1/8 or 3/16" threaded rod to draw it up into place thenreplaced the rods with bolts once it was in place. The electrical was done with truck battery cables sized for the load, so connection was with wingnuts. You probably can't afford an older moterhome if you have to pay someone to do that.
Since they did a free replacement, it was a good investment, but having had it....we don't do enough boondocking to justify the money.
