Inverter
Is best to run inverter when hooked to shorepower or turn it off
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Hi,
It depends on how the inverter is wired and whether it has a pass through function. If it has pass through it essentially is off as soon as shore power is available.
I deliberately added one outlet that is powered by just the inverter in the kitchen. It was great to have access to that to double up on the power I could use while cooking. After all, toaster plus coffee maker plus induction cooker plus waffle maker are not going to play well on a single fifteen amp circuit.
My system does load support as well, so if I'm on a 15 amp shore power supply then I leave the inverter active. If I'm on 30 amp shore power, I may activate the inverter if I know I'm going to be pushing the power to the limit.
Before I had load support I would sometimes run the RV from the inverter while powering only the converter from shore power. That appears to not work with the Magnum inverter as it draws so much power that the reverse polarity fuses fry *right now*. The reason I tried is that the Magnum does not "like" all gfi receptacles. It seems to depend on the particular shore outlet.
It depends on how the inverter is wired and whether it has a pass through function. If it has pass through it essentially is off as soon as shore power is available.
I deliberately added one outlet that is powered by just the inverter in the kitchen. It was great to have access to that to double up on the power I could use while cooking. After all, toaster plus coffee maker plus induction cooker plus waffle maker are not going to play well on a single fifteen amp circuit.
My system does load support as well, so if I'm on a 15 amp shore power supply then I leave the inverter active. If I'm on 30 amp shore power, I may activate the inverter if I know I'm going to be pushing the power to the limit.
Before I had load support I would sometimes run the RV from the inverter while powering only the converter from shore power. That appears to not work with the Magnum inverter as it draws so much power that the reverse polarity fuses fry *right now*. The reason I tried is that the Magnum does not "like" all gfi receptacles. It seems to depend on the particular shore outlet.
