Solar inverter -- shore power question
I am trying to understand a residential refrigerator with solar panels. When I connect to full hookup does the refrigerator continue to run through the inverter or does it bypass the inverter and conn...
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We full time, do a fair amount of boondocking, have solar and a residential fridge. All 110 VAC circuits are tied directly to the inverter.
To answer your question, it depends on the inverter. Ours is an inverter/charger with pass thru. So all 110 circuits are tied to the inverter and when on shore power, the inverter passes the shore power thru. (Our OEM converter is unplugged, solar is the only thing charging the batteries unless I turn on the charger portion of the inverter - which is hardly ever.)
We have an after market Whirlpool 20cf fridge and we draw a little over 200ah overnight while boondocking (TV, fridge, lights, microwave, etc), so just make sure you have enough battery capacity if you go with the rig you are looking at.
To answer your question, it depends on the inverter. Ours is an inverter/charger with pass thru. So all 110 circuits are tied to the inverter and when on shore power, the inverter passes the shore power thru. (Our OEM converter is unplugged, solar is the only thing charging the batteries unless I turn on the charger portion of the inverter - which is hardly ever.)
We have an after market Whirlpool 20cf fridge and we draw a little over 200ah overnight while boondocking (TV, fridge, lights, microwave, etc), so just make sure you have enough battery capacity if you go with the rig you are looking at.
