Adding Inverter for dry camping
I would like to add an additional battery (have one group 27 now), possibly a solar charging system and an inverter. I hate that the 120V outlets don't work on battery power. Seems crazy you can't...
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You also need the converter to be at 14.x instead of 13.x to get the amps when charging batteries. My 7355 at 13.8 has very low resistance to the batteries but only does 40 something amps briefly on them before tapering into the 30s and doing some time there before spending longer in the 20s.
However, when not doing batteries, but just running a load, it does 56 amps on the same wiring. Eg, I ran a test when on shore power where the inverter was drawing 90 amps from the batts (minus 90 on Trimetric) and I turned on the converter. Amps on the Trimetric now read minus 34, showing that the converter was supplying 56 amps to the batteries, no tapering.
Batteries are not like "normal" loads. They put up a fight :)
However, when not doing batteries, but just running a load, it does 56 amps on the same wiring. Eg, I ran a test when on shore power where the inverter was drawing 90 amps from the batts (minus 90 on Trimetric) and I turned on the converter. Amps on the Trimetric now read minus 34, showing that the converter was supplying 56 amps to the batteries, no tapering.
Batteries are not like "normal" loads. They put up a fight :)
