Quality Question about Small Inverters
I'm shopping for a small, pure sine wave inverter. I'm interested in one that provides about 300 watts. Prices vary wildly, from around $40 to over $150 for a seemingly similar product. I'm not naive....
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If your converter shares its breaker with the outlets, then you can't use the breaker to turn off the converter and still have working outlets. That was the case with the 7355 in our 5er, eg.
In that case you have to find another way to turn off the converter. If it is plugged in, unplug it. If it is hardwired, you add a switch to the positive wire going to the breaker. Now you can open the switch to turn the converter off and leave the breaker on for the outlets.
A friend has a Citation 5er, where his 7355 converter is on the same breaker as his TV's outlet, but not the other outlets. So we turned off his converter with the breaker, with his shore cord in his big inverter up front, but then stuck a small inverter into the Winegard's 12v socket, and then plugged the TV into the small inverter.
In that case you have to find another way to turn off the converter. If it is plugged in, unplug it. If it is hardwired, you add a switch to the positive wire going to the breaker. Now you can open the switch to turn the converter off and leave the breaker on for the outlets.
A friend has a Citation 5er, where his 7355 converter is on the same breaker as his TV's outlet, but not the other outlets. So we turned off his converter with the breaker, with his shore cord in his big inverter up front, but then stuck a small inverter into the Winegard's 12v socket, and then plugged the TV into the small inverter.
