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 rig using three 100 watt solar panels and a good size pure sine wave inverter.
Now I've seen this asked before if you are able to plug your shore power cord directly into the solar inverter and the general answer is YES but to turn off your converter.
Now my plan is to have a separate solar battery bank set up that is going to power the inverter. The RV appears to no longer have a "house battery" hooked up and it appears the wire to the would be house battery is cut. So right now the only way to get power to the lights, etc is plugging into an outside power source or running the generator.
Now forgive me if I sound dumb for I am not very savvy in the electrical department. If there is no "house battery" for the converter/charger to charge will I have the need to "turn off" the converter. I have 2 breakers that are listed as follows: "A/C Unit" and "Lights" so I'm assuming the converter is wired to one of those since those power everything in the RV.
Let me know if I need to provide additional information.
Thank you for the help.
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 rig using three 100 watt solar panels and a good size pure sine wave inverter.
Now I've seen this asked before if you are able to plug your shore power cord directly into the solar inverter and the general answer is YES but to turn off your converter.
Now my plan is to have a separate solar battery bank set up that is going to power the inverter. The RV appears to no longer have a "house battery" hooked up and it appears the wire to the would be house battery is cut. So right now the only way to get power to the lights, etc is plugging into an outside power source or running the generator.
Now forgive me if I sound dumb for I am not very savvy in the electrical department. If there is no "house battery" for the converter/charger to charge will I have the need to "turn off" the converter. I have 2 breakers that are listed as follows: "A/C Unit" and "Lights" so I'm assuming the converter is wired to one of those since those power everything in the RV.
Let me know if I need to provide additional information.
Thank you for the help.
