Jacked your to house batteries
When boondocking, can I plug the RV into a Jackery unit to transfer amps into the house batteries? I know I loose some power going from 12 v to 110 and back but I am looking for an easy way way to mak...
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ajriding wrote:
The Jackery is a lithium battery/inverter. Yes, you can just plug your rig in. Be sure to turn off the AC switches to the fridge and water heater if so equipped.
Your Jackery DC out will not do much more than charge little things, but the AC out will.
A DC to DC charger would be more efficient method to take power from Jackery and put it in your camper batts though. I have not tried this so can't advise how to set it up.
When my GC batts finally die I will not replace them with lead. I will get a portable like your Jackery and that will be the on-board DC power for the camper. Lighter and in the winter or hot summer I can just take the batts inside to more mile temps.
I had to do a search myself to see what the OP is talking about since the OPs title and post is very confusing to say the least.
So, the "Jackery" is nothing more than a "jump box" with a built in battery plus an 120V inverter. Nothing special here.
Found HERE
From what I gather, the OP is wanting to "substitute" the Jackery jump box for a generator and/or house batteries.
At $1600 it is an insanely expensive jump box and the largest one they sell is a 1800W model.
First and foremost, it is not a generator, it is a battery and inverter and has battery limitations.
Second, it has a very limited battery capacity of 60.9Ahr which isn't going to be anywhere close enough to "replace" your house battery unless you are talking about a group 24 RV/Marine battery.
They claim 1534Whrs of use, that is not really useful and one of the questions asked this..
" Q2: How to know the working times for my device?
A: Working time = 1534Wh* 0.85 / operating power of your device. "
so, essentially 1303.9/ wattage of device(s) in use.
A 1000W 120V draw will get you 1.3hrs of run time.
A 100W 120V draw will get you 13 hrs of run time.
And keep in mind, you will have to recharge this device, when the battery is discharged all the fun is over.. At least with a gen you just add some more gas and your golden for hrs at a time on a tank of fuel..
