50 Amp Receptacle to Inverter
Hello all! Ok, so backstory is I'm doing research on installing a 3000w inverter in my travel trailer, and rather than go through a super complicated and expensive direct to panel wire install, I'm...
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2oldman wrote:BFL13 wrote:And how many minutes before things start heating up with that insane amount of amp draw.
To exploit 3000w vs 2000w, you would pull 300 amps discharge from the battery bank vs 200 amps. How long you would do that depends on the size of the bank.
Depends if the installation was short cutted doesn't it?
Using a infrared thermometer. I see nothing to speak about running 175-225a for 20 minute, using 1/4"x 1" copper bar paralleling 5 lfp batteries and 3/0 cable from there to inverter.
