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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Snowman9000 wrote:
The maker doesn't care about charging, inverters, solar, etc. They build these things optimized to run on shore power. That's why your converter is at the opposite end from the batteries. Without re-reading, I think you said you have room in the front of the rig to mount a converter or inverter-charger. That's where you should put it. You already have DC cables running from the front to the back to serve the existing converter and fuse box. You will re-use those to supply the fuse box, which will stay where it is.
Currently you have: Batts=============Converter & Fuses===Loads
After you re-do: Batts=Converter===================Fuses===Loads
IIRC someone already said, it's no problem to run 120v wiring the length of the trailer. That's correct. Mount the inverter by the batts, and run the 120 to wherever you need to.
That makes sense.
One question. My shore power cable is on the back near the converter. Wouldn't that have to be extended to the new converter location?
