Shore power and inverter on together?
We just had a few quick in succession brief power outages where we are parked. It caused the tv and sat to go out and have to reset each time. It got me to wondering if putting on the inverter with sh...
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is this a whole RV inverter, or just a few circuits ?
is it a stand alone inverter ?
or inverter charger combo with built in pass thru power transfer switch ?
i ran a dedicated circuit for TV/PC etc.. from a stand alone inverter for many years
and it worked great, because there was NO transfer switch and NO drop out
generator or shore keep the batteries charged, with more power than what the TV needed
many people leave leave their combo inverter-chargers with the invert switch set 'ON', so that if shore power drops out, the inverter keeps things powered
but power up and lag time depend on the inverter, some are seamless, some are not
IF you have whole house 'large' inverter, then you must switch fridge propane full time, and the turn off electric for the water heater
if power drops out, for some hours, and the inverter is running the high draw items, you will end up with dead batteries
is it a stand alone inverter ?
or inverter charger combo with built in pass thru power transfer switch ?
i ran a dedicated circuit for TV/PC etc.. from a stand alone inverter for many years
and it worked great, because there was NO transfer switch and NO drop out
generator or shore keep the batteries charged, with more power than what the TV needed
many people leave leave their combo inverter-chargers with the invert switch set 'ON', so that if shore power drops out, the inverter keeps things powered
but power up and lag time depend on the inverter, some are seamless, some are not
IF you have whole house 'large' inverter, then you must switch fridge propane full time, and the turn off electric for the water heater
if power drops out, for some hours, and the inverter is running the high draw items, you will end up with dead batteries
