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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There are four options described above: Wire directly into the breaker box with a transfer switch, add an extension cord, add an outlet, or add a 30A receptacle and plug the mains cord into that.
There is also a fifth option: A Magnum Energy hybrid inverter. It does 3000 watts, but it replaces the converter, and puts the entire rig's electrical system on the batteries, acting as an online UPS. The advantage of this setup is that if there are brownouts or blackouts, the A/C and other stuff will draw on the batteries (quickly discharging them... but better that than having expensive stuff burn out due to undervoltage.) If you couple the inverter with a generator controller that fires up when the batteries hit 60% SoC, this can be a decent system to just "use and forget". Add solar for the batteries, and this should make life easy.
There is also a fifth option: A Magnum Energy hybrid inverter. It does 3000 watts, but it replaces the converter, and puts the entire rig's electrical system on the batteries, acting as an online UPS. The advantage of this setup is that if there are brownouts or blackouts, the A/C and other stuff will draw on the batteries (quickly discharging them... but better that than having expensive stuff burn out due to undervoltage.) If you couple the inverter with a generator controller that fires up when the batteries hit 60% SoC, this can be a decent system to just "use and forget". Add solar for the batteries, and this should make life easy.
