hyfyve wrote:
Wolfe, I am just assuming if I didn't have shore power and had to run on the inverter then if I have the high wattage devices running through the switch the inverter wouldn't handle it, by leaving those items running only when shore power is connected then I should be OK, but please if I am wrong someone let me know, just want to make sure I do this properly.
Both achieve the same goal-- to allow some small draw 120 VAC loads from inverter, but keep high draw loads only powered by shore power.
Just two ways to do the same thing-- tell us whether the inverter you are considering has "pass through" feature. If so, you would supply the inverter with 120 VAC from the main breaker box, then 120 VAC out to the sub panel to those things you want powered by the inverter.
Operation would be seamless-- on shore power, everything would run on shore power. Disconnecting shore power would automatically provide those few low-amp devices with "inverted" 120 VAC.
This is how many RV's are wired from the factory.
