Choosing an Inverter

Padlin wrote:
Guess it's back to the drawing board, got to rethink this. Thanks for the help folks.

JMO, but I see little sense in going to all the expense and trouble of properly wiring in a high wattage inverter, along with a bank of batteries to power it, just for the apparent convenience of occasionally running a high wattage electrical device such as a hair dryer or microwave oven for a few minutes each day when a 2K genset which is designed exactly for that purpose will easily handle this task. :h For those for whom a genset isn't part of the plan then surely the simpler solution would be to just forget about using high draw devices entirely when camping without shore power ... surprising as it may seem you will survive the experience. :p

With the above considerations I too installed an inverter in our trailer but limited the size to a 1000 watt PSW that at most would draw no more than 80 amps (but more typically ~ 60 amps) and therefore only required 4 gauge to wire in. It easily runs a 550 watt coffee maker, 750 watt toaster, or even my wife's hair dryer on the low setting ... so what if it takes a bit longer to dry her hair? - we're camping. :W Although we have no need for electric blankets it would easily power those as well but we do prefer to run a couple of 11" table fans to circulate the air in the camper and create a bit of white noise for sleeping or in hot weather when no shore power is available for running A/C. Since maximum draw is limited I have just a single G27 battery but can if necessary load support the inverter for brief heavy draws with my truck. Bottom line - forget extreme loads and an inverter installation can be SO much simpler. :B

K.I.S.S. ;)