Shore power and inverter on together?

There are two types of inverters for this post.
In-line INverter/chargers adn
Stand alone
Stand alone for TV you can leave them on if you wish, The Converter will keep the batteries up.

In line inverter/chargers will switch to "Standby" when shore power is present so leave 'em on

You may have heard of a device called a UPS (it is not by the way) for Computers.. This is an INLINE type Inverter/converter with a battery inside.

(A true ups consists of 3 modules. A converter. a battery and an INVERTER in series. teh ones you buy at MicroWorld do break power (intrupt) for like 1/60th second or so as whey switch over they are IPS units not UPS but that's technical and you don't need to know that)

FOr many years my TV did not even blink when shore power vanished thanks to my Prosine switching in fast enough .

We use a surge protector at the power pole so I was not greatly concerned about power off surges. It is a wired by factory inverter that powers some outlets, nothing high draw.

pianotuna wrote:
A small inverter for the RV will do what you wish. So would a hybrid inverter/charger, but at a much higher cost.

So would a properly sized UPS (uninterruptible power supply/filter).
I do that at home even.

A small inverter for the RV will do what you wish. So would a hybrid inverter/charger, but at a much higher cost.

DrewE wrote:
Maybe, maybe not, depending on how quick the transfer switch is and how sensitive the equipment is to blips.One reasonable solution is to have a smallish inverter to run the TV and satellite receiver on and only use that

x2. That's what I did.

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

Maybe, maybe not, depending on how quick the transfer switch is and how sensitive the equipment is to blips.

One reasonable solution is to have a smallish inverter to run the TV and satellite receiver on and only use that. When you have shore power, the converter (or charger part of the inverter) will have no trouble keeping up with the DC load of the small inverter and then some. A 150W - 300W inverter should be plenty for these devices unless you have some pretty unusual TV (such as an old CRT projection unit or plasma screen).

If you are experiencing shore power issues DISCONNECT!

You received a warning with apparently no damage. Don’t push it.