Adding eletrical to enclosed trailer
First of all forgive me, I know this topic has been discussed and there are a million different tutorials but I guess I need it simplified for me as to if my idea will work. My wife and I are wanti...
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You won't successfully run a hair dryer or a flat iron off any moderately sized inverter system. You can run a fan pretty easily, but with 12V fans readily available, there's little reason to get an inverter just for that.
As others have said, you cannot charge a battery with a charger connected to an inverter powered by that battery.
I would suggest that your 120V system be little more than a permanent extension cord wired into the trailer: a properly weatherproofed chassis mount plug on the outside, and an outlet or two on the inside. You can connect that to a generator or a wall outlet when you need 120V power. If you'll be hooked up to power much, it would be worthwhile to put in a charger/converter for the 12V system. This is about the simplest 120V system for modern RVs; bigger units differ mainly in having a higher power inlet and a distribution panel in the RV, and frequently by having a built-in generator with some sort of a switching mechanism to choose between the generator and the external line input for the 120V system. Usually this is an automatic transfer switch these days, but there are manual transfer switches, the simplest of which is just a socket connected to the generator that the normal input cord is plugged into when the generator is used.
If you must have a flat iron, there are non-electric ones available...ferinstance, this butane fired one.
As others have said, you cannot charge a battery with a charger connected to an inverter powered by that battery.
I would suggest that your 120V system be little more than a permanent extension cord wired into the trailer: a properly weatherproofed chassis mount plug on the outside, and an outlet or two on the inside. You can connect that to a generator or a wall outlet when you need 120V power. If you'll be hooked up to power much, it would be worthwhile to put in a charger/converter for the 12V system. This is about the simplest 120V system for modern RVs; bigger units differ mainly in having a higher power inlet and a distribution panel in the RV, and frequently by having a built-in generator with some sort of a switching mechanism to choose between the generator and the external line input for the 120V system. Usually this is an automatic transfer switch these days, but there are manual transfer switches, the simplest of which is just a socket connected to the generator that the normal input cord is plugged into when the generator is used.
If you must have a flat iron, there are non-electric ones available...ferinstance, this butane fired one.
