need help with install of inverter in Class B
Currently have one flooded trojan house battery in my 1999 Coachman Class B that also has a onan 2800 genny. Almost impossible for me to get to the existing battery for maintance and I want more batt...
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The battery disconnect switch would not work for that, since the converter would still get its 120v from the inverter. You need to switch off the converter.
The 7300 is a decent converter for when on shore power. We kept ours for that, and got the PowerMax deck mount as an additional charger, mounted close to the batts, for use when fast charging is needed on generator, to reduce gen time.
You can mount the new converter right beside the new big inverter and they can share the same short, fat wires to the battery so you don't need two sets of those. Just go across between the inverter and charger then on to the battery bank.
We also do the whole house by plugging the shore power cord into the inverter and can run the microwave, TV, etc. Works great.
To isolate the 7300, which usually is on the same breaker as the receptacles you still want to work, you have to find the black wire coming up from below to the breaker and snip that, insert a switch, and then you can leave the breaker on so the receptacles work while the converter is switched off.
The new deck-mount converter can just be unplugged from the 120, unlike the hard-wired 7300.
The 7300 is a decent converter for when on shore power. We kept ours for that, and got the PowerMax deck mount as an additional charger, mounted close to the batts, for use when fast charging is needed on generator, to reduce gen time.
You can mount the new converter right beside the new big inverter and they can share the same short, fat wires to the battery so you don't need two sets of those. Just go across between the inverter and charger then on to the battery bank.
We also do the whole house by plugging the shore power cord into the inverter and can run the microwave, TV, etc. Works great.
To isolate the 7300, which usually is on the same breaker as the receptacles you still want to work, you have to find the black wire coming up from below to the breaker and snip that, insert a switch, and then you can leave the breaker on so the receptacles work while the converter is switched off.
The new deck-mount converter can just be unplugged from the 120, unlike the hard-wired 7300.
