Inverter use
I have a 2008 Roadtrek 190. From your experience does the inverter need to be turned on or off when hooked up to shore power in order to charge the coach battery. I honestly didn't realize that the i...
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booster wrote:
Wow, doesn't anyone actually read what we say before going off?
My reply, first line:Having both on should be fine on shore power, but totally unnecessary.
The other information was to fill in the blanks about how most people use the inverter switch to be the most useful and not waste power. Seems relevant to me :B Of course this refers to when you are not on shore power, as the batteries are charging when on shore power.
1.5 amps, as someone mentioned, is not much if you have 800ah of batteries, but if you have one 100ah battery, you will use up 36ah, or over 1/3 of it (nearly 1/2 of usable) of it per day with inverter switch on. If that is OK with you, have at it, and leave the inverter switch on.
