12v and 110v and techquestions
Hello, I have just started to look for my first RV travel trailer and I had a few questions. First off I am am a bit of a tech lover. I do well with wiring diagrams and schematics, but I just ca...
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If you are one of those who like planning in advance - by all means do that. Call the factory tech people and ask them to email you the roof plan, or roof assembly drawing, whatever they call it. Print it out to scale, say, 1 mm on the paper = 1 inch of real thing, superimpose it onto the floor plane printed in the same manner, take a metric/imperial tape meter or ruler and have fun. Millimeters are easier to work with, at this scale. They do publish floor plans - without dimensions, so your reference points will be 96 inch exterior width (8 ft) and ~24" depth of kitchen counter.
The fact that 2000W inverter can draw 200 amps, doesn't mean that it will have to, i.e. that you will ever need 2000W inverter. Like Mr Wiz said, the biggest item is microwave and it draws under 130 amps DC.
People that don't use MW, can get away with 200W inverter (15A @12V) and 200W solar and their battery will be full as long as there is any sun. The cost of parts for such a small system will be under $350 including all solar components and inverter. I'm not a big fan of adding more solar later - it's easier and cheaper to do it right the first time. This is the 1st step of solar planning - energy audit, i.e. estimate your needs. Somebody said this already.
The fact that 2000W inverter can draw 200 amps, doesn't mean that it will have to, i.e. that you will ever need 2000W inverter. Like Mr Wiz said, the biggest item is microwave and it draws under 130 amps DC.
People that don't use MW, can get away with 200W inverter (15A @12V) and 200W solar and their battery will be full as long as there is any sun. The cost of parts for such a small system will be under $350 including all solar components and inverter. I'm not a big fan of adding more solar later - it's easier and cheaper to do it right the first time. This is the 1st step of solar planning - energy audit, i.e. estimate your needs. Somebody said this already.
