Inverter Questions
We picked up a 2000 Bounder 31M in pretty nice condition. I understand that it has an inverter somewhere that converts DC to AC on I assume at least one outlet and is limited in amperage. I don't se...
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KeninAZ wrote:
Just got back from the storage yard.
What I thought was the converter was a charger unit.
I turned on both main and aux power switches when I went into the coach and checked each outlet throughout the unit and no power.
I will have to keep looking.
What is commonly called a "CONverter" is basically a battery charger; it takes 120V power and makes 12V power to charge the battery and also run the 12V devices in the motorhome when plugged into shore power or running the generator.
An INverter is exactly the opposite, of course. Some inverters are combination units ("inverter/charger") that serve both purposes, perhaps to further confuse people.
Most commonly there would be a separate control to turn the inverter on and off since they generally consume some (non-trivial) amount of power when turned on but now powering anything--not a vast amount of power, but often enough to worry about at least under some circumstances.
