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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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ghrost
Explorer
Mar 29, 2018
MrWizard wrote:
you need batteries for the SOLAR aka to power your inverter

connect those batteries to your house circuits, you should have house battery power, your fridge, water pump , furnace, lights... need 12v power

solar to inverter to converter to get 12v for those items, is wasteful and silly


I was just thinking easiest way was plugging shore power into a inverter.. but I'm leaning toward the 12v ideas from you guys, thanks. Easy doesn't mean better so i rather do it right.

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