Newbie power question

EmergencyNrse wrote:
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 outlets when not connected with a shore line?

What am I missing or doing wrong? Thank you in advance.

Now it just goes to show you, what kind of answers you'll get with a question such as this and all the while, it never even entered my mind, that you might not even have an inverter...:)

And even IF you do have an Inverter...it depends on how it is wired in and what is wired up to power

You do not have what year your Hurricane is... if older it may not even have an inverter.

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.

Yup. That's how they all work. If you need 120 volt AC, you have three options: shore power, generator, or an inverter, and very few rigs come with an inverter, especially if they have a generator.

Do you have an INverter or a CONverter? There is a difference and most RVs do not have an INverter.

Inverter turned on?
Inverter circuit breaker, on the inverter itself, tripped.