Adding Inverter
I am thinking of adding a basic inverter to my class A rig. I just want to make a single outlet available in the kitchen. My layout will very easily allow me to connect a basic inverter to my house ba...
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Tal/IL wrote:
Thanks for all the info. This isn't gonna happen before she goes into winter storage, so I'll have some time to scope things out further.
Cables to batteries can easily be short and heavy. As for outlet wiring, I grew up in the residential construction business and was always told 14-2 was OK for lights, but 12-2 w/ground for outlets.
It's a little different, actually. Either one could be used for outlets or for lights. 14 gauge wire can't be used for circuits greater than 15A (as determined by the breaker or fuse), and 12 gauge wire may not be used for circuits over 20A. The code does generally allow 15A outlets (i.e. standard ones with parallel flat prongs) on a 20A circuit provided there is more than one socket. Since virtually all receptacles are duplex receptacles, this is not a hard restriction to meet. All circuits these days should have a ground. (These are the general rules; there are some exceptions in esoteric circumstances that one is not likely to find in residential wiring.)
It is perhaps more common to find 15A circuits on lighting circuits than on circuits for outlets, if indeed the two are separated that way. At least around here, it's probably more common to have lights and outlets mixed together on 20A circuits in whatever manner is convenient and sensible.
