Convert 120V to 12V
I Just got a macerator to empty tanks at home and am a bit stumped on powering it. I know I can pull right off the battery but am wanting to run it off my house/shore power. Reasons being I have two...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Can you do it (run the device off 120 volts using a converter)
YES. but.. (Oh that BUT)...
THe macerator can draw 20 amps or more (Stalled rotor is blows a 20 amp fuse nicely) So you need a heavy converter. I would suggest a Progressive Dynamics 9145 or whatever the smallest 9100 is. or equal. A plug in stand along single stage converter.
Or you can do what I did.
I ran 10 ga from the fuse block (30 amp fuse) in the RV (NOTE the fuse block is very handily located for this job) to a "jack" on the outside and I sue an extension cord for the remote tank. also 10ga, matching connectors.
Again - WHY all the complication? :h Pretty well every rig has a battery, the OP's certainly does, so just power the macerator with it as it was designed for. Whether the rig is also plugged into shore power or not is irrelevant as the battery, unless it's flat dead, will easily supply the necessary power to run the macerator. I've never bothered ever running my own FloJet with my stock WFCO 8955 converter with the battery switched off as I've never had a reason to but certainly it would power it just fine, just as it powers my slide or awning just fine if I happen to have the battery switched off - which I have done. :B
