Dry camping electrical questions
Hey all, so we've been camping for quite a while now and are starting to transition to no hook-up camping and have a couple of questions. We are looking to add an inverter and solar charging and could...
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1. You can wire the inverter to a spare breaker, turning on when used, turning off the main input (that would make the prongs on your power cord live if left on, and turning off the converter breaker. This is DANGEROUS.
2. If you want to use a 1000 watt inverter, you need at least 200 AH battery capacity (you'd be drawing about 80 AMPS).
3. To run a 600 watt microwave, you need a pure sine wave inverter (not the $90 dollar Harbor Freight variety).
4. 100 watts is probably the bare minimum most people can get by with; very, very seldom using a plug-in 100 watt inverter for anything like charging PC's or phones.
5. Couple hundred isn't gonna cut it. If you want to start, I'd suggest getting as much solar and controller as you can, and use a plug-in inverter for small things such as TV-DVD, charging phones, PC's, etc. Stepping up to power the microwave is gonna get into the bigger bucks.
Doug
2. If you want to use a 1000 watt inverter, you need at least 200 AH battery capacity (you'd be drawing about 80 AMPS).
3. To run a 600 watt microwave, you need a pure sine wave inverter (not the $90 dollar Harbor Freight variety).
4. 100 watts is probably the bare minimum most people can get by with; very, very seldom using a plug-in 100 watt inverter for anything like charging PC's or phones.
5. Couple hundred isn't gonna cut it. If you want to start, I'd suggest getting as much solar and controller as you can, and use a plug-in inverter for small things such as TV-DVD, charging phones, PC's, etc. Stepping up to power the microwave is gonna get into the bigger bucks.
Doug
