Newbie power question
Shore power and everything works GenSet on and everything works Battery power alone and I'm limited to 12-volt system only? I have lots of battery capacity, shouldn't the inverter run the 110 out...
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donn0128 wrote:
Do you have an INverter or a CONverter? There is a difference and most RVs do not have an INverter.
CONverter = (and all rigs have one) converts 120 volt AC to 12 volt DC to charge battery.
INverter = (and hardly any rig has one) converts 12 volt D.C. To 120 volt AC.
Your lights, fridge and furnace control boards all run on 12 v so they remain functional when no shore power is available.
The reason few rigs have INverters is because many devices that use 120 AC draw enough power to drain batteries quickly. A 13,500 btu AC for example, can kill a single battery in something like 15 minutes.
