Adding an inverter off the Distribution block
So, After looking I have a TON of space under my converter/charger on my passport 2920BH. After looking at the 12v distrobution chart for the fuses it looked like I had quite a few open blocks to ...
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RoyB wrote:
Those two 40A fuses are your REVERSE POLARITY fuses that blow when you connect your battery backwards...
You definitely would be better off connecting your POWER INVERTER near the battery bank for best performance. Power Inverters are very battery hungary...
You 12VDC Fuse Panel is providing 12VDC to 11 separate fused circuits. They add up pretty quick.
Here is a 30A Power Distribution setup for a typical trailer...
Keep the 12VDC leads heavy gauge and short as possible with protection fuse and the resulting 120VAC being generated can go anywhere throughout your trailer withoout any loses...
Although 600WATTs is not a real big load I would want to feed that with a large gauge cable. I feed mine with a 4AWG cable and fuse block setup.
I also would install a PURE SINE 600WATT power Inverter so that you would never have to worry about blowing up some appliance that is not designed to work on modified sine wave power. Anything Electronic with transformers/switching circuits or Appliances with AC motors (like FANS - Mixers etc) is prone to resulting failures when NOT using PURE SINE WAVE power. This includes electronics charging power units or electronic controllers... Check out the AIMS 600WATT PSW INVERTER on AMAZON for $159... Great buy...
In my case I was holding the 120VAC plug for an small wattage electric blanker to plug into a MSW Power Inverter and the Controller for the electric blanket went up in blue smoke knowing what was going to happen before I plugged it in haha...
Some folks get away it but I am not going to chance it for my high dollar items... I am not going to plug my $250 HDTV into one haha...
Roy Ken
Yea location is not going to change and I won't be running a separate run for this. I am well aware what the 40 AMp fuses are (1 is main and 1 is RP) I was planning on using one of the 15amp lugs but it sounds like direct to the main DC in lugs with it's own fuse is better for some reason.
Wasn't looking for an armchair QB of my plan but merely help trying to identify what all the remaining unlabeled lugs are going to.
thanks for the chart but it looks like almost everything on there is covered by the labeled fuses.
