Powering Your Camper With An Inverter?

your better off running the CPAP off the battery if it has a 12V input, it will draw significantly less watts on 12V than the inverter.

When plugging the shore power cord into an inverter, it will provide 120VAC to your entire rig. You will want to turn off breakers to your converter, AC, and even microwave oven as these will require an extra large battery bank and a sizable inverter. Additionally, fridge and water heater should be set to propane mode to keep from running your battery bank down quickly.

I have both a large whole rig inverter and a smaller 350 watt inverter for our entertainment center and can say that it is rare that we use the whole rig inverter with all the precautions that need to be taken.

When drycamping or boondocking, We use our genny for high current items mentioned above and the smaller entertainment center inverter for HD sat dish and receiver, HDTV, DVD, Laptops, and video game systems.

smkettner wrote:
That is all there is to it. Just don't expect to run the air conditioner. Also the inverter will burn a lot of power running the fridge on 120v (300w), the electric water heater (1440w), and the converter charging your existing battery. Best to put the items on propane or turn them off.

Nope, no intentions of running the fridge, air or water heater using the inverter.

We'd really just be using the devices I posted above and also possibly a small fan if we get stuck inside on a rainy day.

We used this method last year in our small hybrid and it worked well because all the devices we wanted to use reached the inverter location without a problem. Now that we have a larger camper, it's not so easy to run things because then we'd need to run some extension cords.

We'd like to power the TV in the living room. We also need to power a cpap in the bedroom at night but there's no way to do that since there are no 12V outlets in the bedroom. Sure, we can use the inverter being used by the TV in the living room but then we're running extension cords down the hall. Lastly, charging a phone and ipad is much easier since we don't have the 12V adapters for those devices.

That is all there is to it. Just don't expect to run the air conditioner. Also the inverter will burn a lot of power running the fridge on 120v (300w), the electric water heater (1440w), and the converter charging your existing battery. Best to put the items on propane or turn them off.

Before we can provide you some real answers we need a little more information. You are already successfully using an inverter to power the stuff most people use them for. What are you looking to power by changing this method?