Please help with new to me camper issue
Good morning, I'm new here. My name is Rob and my wife and I just purchased a 99 gulfstream conquest. This is our first camper, and we decided to put it on a seasonal site on the great sacandaga lake ...
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1BIGMOFO wrote:
When the camper is on shore power, shouldn't everything run right off the shore power? I don't understand why some things are directly fed from the battery.
The battery acts as a filter.
If the converter is operating correctly, you could run without a battery, except:
1. If you happenned to have all the lights (inside and out), radio, refridgerator, bath fan, furnace fan, water pump, and detectors powered up at the same time. Kind of like having a party. That could take more 12 volt power than what the converter can put out. That could start surges in the power, fuses blowing, possible damage to the converter, etc. Chances of this -- Pretty slim
2. What if the shore power surges? - The converter would also surge. There would be nothing in place to filter that out. Everything connected to your 12 volt circuits, would also get a surge in power. Chances of this --- Pretty good Is it going to cause damage --- Maybe, maybe not.
If it were mine, I would keep a battery in the picture.
I'm in the camp that thinks your converter is bad.
