Adding Inverter for dry camping
I would like to add an additional battery (have one group 27 now), possibly a solar charging system and an inverter. I hate that the 120V outlets don't work on battery power. Seems crazy you can't...
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Salvo wrote:
Yes it is an issue. Nobody likes listening to generators while dry camping. The longer the converter to battery cable, the longer it takes the charge the battery. This is not insignificant!
Treat the converter like the inverter. Install it as close as possible to the battery.
BTW, 12 feet of 6 awg cable is not good enough. Use 2 awg.Ron3rd wrote:jcarlilesiu wrote:
I'm liking the idea of pulling the converter/charger and installing an inverter/charger.
What about my issue with the distance from the batteries to the converter being about 16 feet?
That's not an issue, but we sure to run the proper gauge of wire. The longer the run, the bigger the wire and the greater the $$! I've got about a 12ft run and if I recall I used 6ga.
Understood.
However, starcraft installed the converter 16 feet away from the batteries.
Why would they do this? Not something I'm Gibb to try to fix I don't think.
