Portable power source as inverter
I have a Wagan Tech 'Power Dome' portable power supply. Here is a description of it; http://www.wagan.com/index.php/products/power-supplies/power-domes/2354-power-dome-400w.html It is a 400...
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What most of us do to be successful about doing this is to beef up the on-board converter/charger unit and make sure it is a smart mode charging technology model. Upgrade all of the interior lightning for LEDs, run larger battery cables to support a new battery setup with at least a 220AH capacity and then practice running as GREEN as you can with everything..
My battery setup is currently 255AHs and this allows me to run all of my home entertainment items from a 600WATT PURE SIGN Wave Inverter from the battery system, I have all the lights ON I need both inside and outside, run my WX RADIO, wife uses lap heating pad when it is cool when we are up. This is almost the same evening things we do when at Electric Hookup sites with the exception of the air conditioner...
All of this will run down my battery bank to around 12.0VDC by 8AM the next morning where I connect the 30AMP Trailer Shore Power Cable directly to my 120VAC Receptacle on the 2KW HOnda Generator and re-charge my 255AH battery bank backup to its 90% charge state in a short three hour generator run time.
Once the battery bank is back up to its 90% charge state I can do this all over again for the next night run from the batteries.
Been doing this for the past five years now. This is what I call being successful...
In my early years of camping off the power grid I tried all sorts of things including those yellow portable battery power units for starting your truck when the battery ran down. It got dark on me at 10PM at night many times haha...
I made many trial runs in my back yard to get real successful about it.
Roy Ken
My battery setup is currently 255AHs and this allows me to run all of my home entertainment items from a 600WATT PURE SIGN Wave Inverter from the battery system, I have all the lights ON I need both inside and outside, run my WX RADIO, wife uses lap heating pad when it is cool when we are up. This is almost the same evening things we do when at Electric Hookup sites with the exception of the air conditioner...
All of this will run down my battery bank to around 12.0VDC by 8AM the next morning where I connect the 30AMP Trailer Shore Power Cable directly to my 120VAC Receptacle on the 2KW HOnda Generator and re-charge my 255AH battery bank backup to its 90% charge state in a short three hour generator run time.
Once the battery bank is back up to its 90% charge state I can do this all over again for the next night run from the batteries.
Been doing this for the past five years now. This is what I call being successful...
In my early years of camping off the power grid I tried all sorts of things including those yellow portable battery power units for starting your truck when the battery ran down. It got dark on me at 10PM at night many times haha...
I made many trial runs in my back yard to get real successful about it.
Roy Ken
