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ghrost
Explorer
Mar 29, 2018

Question: plugging shore power cord directly into Inverter.

Hello, This is my first post and of course it'll be going into the tech issues section. I recently acquired an old 1981 Chevy Brougham , I believe it's 21 footer. I plan on hooking up solar to the ...
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time2roll
Nomad
Mar 29, 2018
Safe sure. Efficient... not even close. You will lose half your power to conversion and have a high idle draw on the battery.

Virtually no inverter is related to solar. Inverter just makes 120vac from battery power and does not care what recharges that battery.

But really just connect the battery to the 12v system.

Also verify your inverter is made to connect to an RV electric distribution system. Some do not like the 120v ground connected to the 12v side of the battery supplying power.

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