bka0721 wrote:
Do I understand correctly, you did this test without using the 120v side powered up with the common items a RV camper would be using, such as my use; Laptop, Direct TV DVR, LED Television and various other items on, such as LED Table Lamp? What would be the point of doing a test if the batteries are not having a draw on them that is then depleting the batteries, creating a load that the convertor then would activate the battery charging mode of the convertor? This is the real test of a real time test of the "loop" process. So, your test is not real time test. Sorry, but that is how my system runs, real time, not just DC loads.
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We are just not communicating :) All those 120v items like laptops, TV/DVD, and 120v lighting would be powered by the inverter same as ever when off-grid.
Only difference is instead of the inverter and batteries being in the RV, they are nearby in the truck or cargo trailer. The 12v stuff in the RV is powered by the converter (a 120v item also on the inverter)
It is a "real test" since everything works the same as on shore power as far as the RV knows about it.
It is the same too, as off grid, except the converter has a standing draw of about 5 amps to add to the daily draw on the battery bank, (which does not supply the RV with 12v and cannot be recharged by the RV converter in this scenario)
So all you are fussed about is how to recharge the battery bank while off grid. SAME AS NOW. Solar or gen/charger. The charger would not be the RV's converter.
