MegaWatt S-400 as boost charger up in smoke
It looks like this discussion is archived and can't be reopened (another example of some topics being locked up that are best kept open because the solution remains relevant), but that's another topic...
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I am currently parked in Antigua Guatemala and would be happy to send upon my return which will be several months from now. I am driving a 2006 Navion by Winnebago with the stock generator that will power the 18A HVAC with no problem. I have a combo volt/amp meter on my power source after the transfer unit which shows the characteristics of the power I have switched the transfer unit to. The voltage from the generator was at 120VAC out of the generator and I didn't make note of the amp reading. No other appliance other than the Norcold 6xx was running off the generator. I have two 4/0 welding cables run 10' from the two Costco GC2's in series that run into my louvered cabinet that has to two solid copper bus bars mounted there where the solar, a 2000W inverter (no, it wasn't on and is seldom) and the 2 solar controllers are tied into that bus as well to produce 430 watts. On this day it was heavy cloud cover after 3 days. There is a 500A shunt from my battery monitor on the negative terminal of the two series battery bank and on the positive terminal has a 300A AGC fuse in line. The wire going from the bus bars to the MegaWatt is two three foot long 4AWG stranded battery cables with the ends fanned out into 3 smaller twists that are covered in heat shrink and 3 spade connectors soldered on the end of the 4AWG cables to mount to the 3 Megawatt terminals for each DC output post . The Megawatt is in the same cabinet with a solid louvered door that is about two cubic feet and the door was open during the charging session.
