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tfirma
Oct 04, 2015Explorer
CommuterCruiser - Thank you so much for the helpful reply!!
(By the way, I noticed you have a Lance - I am taking delivery of a 1995 in a few weeks. It's a big bigger than I wanted for my first trailer, but I'll be "practicing" quite a bit with it before taking any long trips. I hope you're enjoying yours!
(By the way, I noticed you have a Lance - I am taking delivery of a 1995 in a few weeks. It's a big bigger than I wanted for my first trailer, but I'll be "practicing" quite a bit with it before taking any long trips. I hope you're enjoying yours!
CommuterCruiser wrote:
Using any inverter will use more power than direct to DC/12V. I don't know if all inverters are alike in converting DC to AC/120V, but it's a question to ask. If the little portables are not as efficient, it might be a selling point to installing the inverter to allow you to use the 120V outlets.
Another consideration is the type of power output by the inverter -- pure sine wave versus modified. We have a modified on our sailboat and have fried more than one rechargable battery for power tools. But we haven't fried other stuff -- at least that we know of. They say not to use electronics with modified sine wave, but ***knock on wood*** so far we haven't fried a computer.
Just some considerations in your decision.
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