I have a 2006 Damon class A. Recently purchased. We love it and will be fulltime shortly. I noticed though that the inverter is 750watt that only goes to one outlet in the bedroom. The inverter is under the bed along with the breakers for 110 service. Can't I junction box the inverter nomex 14-2 and tap it into the 14-2 AC line for the TV? I'd like to run the inverter while driving for tv usage without running the generator. Cheers!

Mlewin51 wrote:I have a 2006 Damon class A. Recently purchased. We love it and will be fulltime shortly. I noticed though that the inverter is 750watt that only goes to one outlet in the bedroom. The inverter is under the bed along with the breakers for 110 service. Can't I junction box the inverter nomex 14-2 and tap it into the 14-2 AC line for the TV? I'd like to run the inverter while driving for tv usage without running the generator. Cheers!I would run it through a breaker. The breaker would be a manual transfer switch so you don't accidentally put shore in the "wrong" end of the inverter. Not sure how that would affect your inverter but I expect it would be bad!

Yep good point, I can always incorporate the breaker into the junction box. Just switch it off prior to plugging in shore power

I would just run an extension cord from the inverter to the TV. How are you going to get reception on your TV?

corvettekent wrote:I would just run an extension cord from the inverter to the TV. How are you going to get reception on your TV?By going to the tv I mean the outlet to the entertainment box, so we'd be able to run dvd off of the same outlet. I may also hook up the gfci outlets to the inverter as well.

Don't rely on any sort of a switch that could accidentally be set to have both the inverter and the shore power connected to the circuit simultaneously. A pair of breakers (one for shore power and one for the inverter) in itself would not be acceptable. You need to have some sort of a transfer switch, be it manual or automatic, that cannot permit the circuit to be energized by both sources of power simultaneously under any circumstances. (This is not only for the safety of the inverter, but for the safety of people in general. For instance, if both get connected together, everything in the RV would be live when you're disconnected, including the prongs of the shore power cord.)I have seen some approved transfer switches available that consist of a pair of circuit breakers with a mechanical lever doohicky to make it impossible for both to be switched on simultaneously. Properly applied, something like that could work, but there are likely less expensive approaches.

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corvettekent
Explorer
Apr 25, 2016
I would just run an extension cord from the inverter to the TV. How are you going to get reception on your TV?
Mlewin51
Explorer
Apr 25, 2016
Yep good point, I can always incorporate the breaker into the junction box. Just switch it off prior to plugging in shore power
gemert
Explorer
Apr 25, 2016
Mlewin51 wrote:
I have a 2006 Damon class A. Recently purchased. We love it and will be fulltime shortly. I noticed though that the inverter is 750watt that only goes to one outlet in the bedroom. The inverter is under the bed along with the breakers for 110 service. Can't I junction box the inverter nomex 14-2 and tap it into the 14-2 AC line for the TV? I'd like to run the inverter while driving for tv usage without running the generator.

Cheers!

I would run it through a breaker. The breaker would be a manual transfer switch so you don't accidentally put shore in the "wrong" end of the inverter. Not sure how that would affect your inverter but I expect it would be bad!

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