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tlaffourtit
Nomad
Sep 08, 2014

inverter, batteries,converter,tranfer switch, etc.

We own a 2015 thor ace 30.2 motor home. We are installing a 5000w pure sine wave inverter using 870ah batteries(12v). We are using 12v batteries because I was given them for free and they are deep ce...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Sep 10, 2014
tlaffourtit wrote:
im not sure what size ac unit you have but mine is a 1550btu and I could be wrong but I believe it starts up at 19 amps and runs at 13 amps. I don't know why yours needs 95 amps to run.
When you make replies like this, and mix up amps and watts, I begin to wonder if this is really the project for you.

MEX is talking about amps from the battery side, not the 120v side. And your air is probably 15000btu, not 1550.

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