1000 watt inverters
I may be looking to buy a new fifth wheel and not sure about converters... If a trailer has a residential fridge and an inverter... once you un plug from shore power , they should kick in ?? What abou...
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Ivylog wrote:
A 1000 W inverter is double what you need to run a home refrigerator. A properly installed system should have a transfer switch that automatically switches between shore power/inverter power plus outlets for the TV and satellite dish on it. The referr will draw 8 to 10 amps when it is running.
There is a starting surge before the running amount. I have a little 3.2 cu ft 120v fridge the TC that the inverter draws 4.5amps to run but draws maybe 30 amps or so (it happens faster than the Trimetric can keep up with, so I don't know the actual amount above 30 it gets to) on start up, that the inverter has to handle. (and so do the inverter-battery wiring and the batteries of course)
At that proportion, if the fridge draws 9 amps running it could draw 60 amps or so on start up, so using the "divide by ten rule" that is over 600w of inverter, so a 1000w inverter is good, but any less than that and you have to cross your fingers IMO.
