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Racorman
Explorer
Jun 21, 2015

Adding More Batteries to My Class A - What gauge Wire?

Hi all, I've got a 30' Itasca Class A. It comes with (2) new 12 volt deep cycle batteries located under the doorway steps. I've build a new battery compartment which will hold (2) more batteries ...
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time2roll
Nomad
Jun 24, 2015
Ivylog wrote:
Doubt the OP's inverter will be a PSW so adding a small PSW inverter to power the CPAP is probably the best solution. Now that we know the max draw... coffee maker at 1500W or 125A and in a balanced system (IF you ever figure out 5 to 8, 7 to 9), what is the max AMPs on the 6' cable? Anyone, Anyone
Balanced in parallel the parallel cable will be half so 65 to 75 amps. Out of balance maybe just 35 to 50 amps. If series then it would be the full load 125 to 150 amps.

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