so, again, I am new to this..
I have an old 84 conversion van. And likely a lot of old stuff in it. The "Inverter" or "converter" is also likely old. I have the RV plugged into my house. No "house" battery yet... Just the electric...
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Sorry, so I have two issues. One is that when I am on AC, plugged into shore power and using the AC outlet, my phone does not charge well. ALSO, when I plug an INVERTER in (just one that plugs into the old cigar lighter outlet) the light turns orange indicating low voltage. The invereter works perfect in my car but NOT in the RV. Also, I am plugging the inverter into the CABIN electric and NOT the cigar lighter that is connected to the engine battery.
I checked the voltage coming from the CONVERTER and it is 12v. But I am guessing I need MORE than 12 to make the invereter work.
I will attach a battery to the system to see if that helps. I was just looking for some starting points to start problem solving and you all were a great help here. If the battery does not solve my issue, I suppose I will buy a new converter.
I was also told that to use an INVERTER, you need to run a line STRAIGHT from the battery and NOT use one of the lines coming form the converter? I hope that is NOT the case as running a new line will be difficult.
I checked the voltage coming from the CONVERTER and it is 12v. But I am guessing I need MORE than 12 to make the invereter work.
I will attach a battery to the system to see if that helps. I was just looking for some starting points to start problem solving and you all were a great help here. If the battery does not solve my issue, I suppose I will buy a new converter.
I was also told that to use an INVERTER, you need to run a line STRAIGHT from the battery and NOT use one of the lines coming form the converter? I hope that is NOT the case as running a new line will be difficult.
