inverter sizing
Hi all, Been doing a lot of searching and reading about inverters on the forums. My old toy hauler I installed an xantrex 1000w inverter and it worked fine however died once and seems pretty taxing...
Forum Discussion
pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
Mount the inverter as close as is humanly possible to the battery bank. Run the romex and put a female 30 amp (or 50 amp) outlet on it. Then just plug in the shore power cord after turning the converter off.
I like this idea. When I did the install in my old toy hauler I put in a separate sub-panel with transfer switches... was a pain in the rear.
I guess now the steps would be..
1. Unplug converter (plugs into back of power center, no breaker for it)
2. Shutoff A/C, Microwave Breakers (Protect against kids & wife).
3. Switch Fridge to Gas
4. Go outside and move Shore Power from Generator to Inverter.
Only downside I see, is when its time to charge the batteries I need to go back outside and switch the cable again. Hope its not raining!
