Replacing magnetek 6300 with inverter/charger

2oldman wrote:

nakedgun wrote:
I am thinking though that the 2000w might be over kill. We mainly just need it for charging laptops.

All of the "affordable" ones have regular outlet sockets which I have read are not suitable for connecting to a distribution panel?

trying to add some kind of disconnect switch to the magnetek charger

For now, yes, but you may grow to love inverting to want to run big wattage stuff.

You can simply fashion a plug into a smaller inverter and feed your ac panel. For small loads that's fine. Hard-wire lugs are for getting the full-rated wattage from a larger inverter, as the sockets are not designed for that. You don't 'mess with the panel', you find the 30a supply line TO the panel (presumably where your shore line enters the coach) and intercept there.

I found the 120v supply wire to my Magnatek and put an spst switch on it. Hasn't been run in 15 years.

Thank you - I had no idea that for small loads you can fashion a plug. That helps a lot! I can access the 30a supply line to the panel easily enough. What would be ideal would be to tap the 30a supply line (somehow) with an additional 30a receptacle which the inverter plugs into - just for ease of connecting/disconnecting. Not sure if there's a gizmo for this use case - I guess this is the role of a transfer switch? Just to clarify - the 120v supply wire to the Magnatek. This should probably be the black wire going into the lower charger unit right?

time2roll wrote:
I would skip the big inverter/charger for your described use. 300 watt inverter will work fine. Add a small transfer switch to the branch circuit and use the existing outlets. Replace the converter for faster charging of the AGM batteries.

Thank you. Pardon my ignorance, but the transfer switch would connect the 30a shore supply line/inverter output and feed into the 30a supply line into the distribution panel? In this scenario, is it necessary to disconnect the Magnatek charger to prevent a power loop, or would the transfer switch handle that automagically? A link to an online product would appreciated, so I can investigate more.

Thanks all for your help.