inverter
if im correct the inverter inverts battery power to 120 for certain outlets. if inverter is bad but im plugged into shore power will it trip gfi or not allow outlets to work.
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I would use a 50a ANL type fuse.
A 400w inverter could draw 40a from the battery when loaded to 400w, but could be more when "surging" briefly. However the ANL slow blow type fuse should handle the surge.
However, what I would really do, since the converter already has a 60a fuse, is wire the inverter over to the converter pos wire just upstream of the fuse so it shares the converter's fuse. But, that is not an ANL fuse, so I would be SOL in a surge.
In real life, I have a 400w inverter but it is a portable type not "installed" and it does not have any fuse for its battery clamps. I do have an alternatve set of wires and plug it came with that goes in a 12v socket. The inverter's socket plug has a little fuse in its end. The socket itself is tied to a fuse on the DC dist panel in the trailer's power centre, so running it that way gets you two fuses. Except it works way better on the battery clamps than with the 12v socket which is limited to 8a (or 80w load on the inverter)
A 400w inverter could draw 40a from the battery when loaded to 400w, but could be more when "surging" briefly. However the ANL slow blow type fuse should handle the surge.
However, what I would really do, since the converter already has a 60a fuse, is wire the inverter over to the converter pos wire just upstream of the fuse so it shares the converter's fuse. But, that is not an ANL fuse, so I would be SOL in a surge.
In real life, I have a 400w inverter but it is a portable type not "installed" and it does not have any fuse for its battery clamps. I do have an alternatve set of wires and plug it came with that goes in a 12v socket. The inverter's socket plug has a little fuse in its end. The socket itself is tied to a fuse on the DC dist panel in the trailer's power centre, so running it that way gets you two fuses. Except it works way better on the battery clamps than with the 12v socket which is limited to 8a (or 80w load on the inverter)
