Replacing magnetek 6300 with inverter/charger
Hello all, I have a 1994 coachmen class B RV which I'm in the process of re-modelling. It has a stock magnetek 6300 converter. It has been upgraded with solar and a battery isolator for charging th...
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Your plan sounds good.. more on the Laptops later.
The Magnetek 6300 the front is the fuse/breaker panels. nothing wrong with them save the fuses can be harder to find (not much harder) than the modern blade fuses. the electronics behind the panel ...> Take to a scrap yard and get paid for 'em.
now the inverter/charger. That puppy needs at the minimum 2 pair of GC-2 to be really happy. (You have the Cargo capacity since the stuff you just recycled is about one pair or at least half a pair weight wise) and the inverter needs to be CLOSE but not in the same air space.
Use at least 00 ga cables. 0000 if you can get and fit them. Try to keep 'em short 3-6 feet tops. and for as much of the run as possible tape them side by side (This last from Xantrex support back when they had good support).
I used 00's on my Xantrex inverters.. I'm using lighter cable now but well the UPSewd loads only amount to very few watts (it's my 12 volt converter/charger about the only thing plugged in is a air freshener) so a 200 amp load. not happening.
on the laptop supplies... I've used 12V supplies on laptops and they worked well.... HOWEVER it really messed up a radio if I connected it to the laptop. (no problem if it was not connected to the laptop, no problem if using a 120VAC brick for power) Oh the current Xantrex.. Still powers that radio. no longer in an RV but it still powers that radio.. (Bit of over kill but hey... I had it on hand)
The Magnetek 6300 the front is the fuse/breaker panels. nothing wrong with them save the fuses can be harder to find (not much harder) than the modern blade fuses. the electronics behind the panel ...> Take to a scrap yard and get paid for 'em.
now the inverter/charger. That puppy needs at the minimum 2 pair of GC-2 to be really happy. (You have the Cargo capacity since the stuff you just recycled is about one pair or at least half a pair weight wise) and the inverter needs to be CLOSE but not in the same air space.
Use at least 00 ga cables. 0000 if you can get and fit them. Try to keep 'em short 3-6 feet tops. and for as much of the run as possible tape them side by side (This last from Xantrex support back when they had good support).
I used 00's on my Xantrex inverters.. I'm using lighter cable now but well the UPSewd loads only amount to very few watts (it's my 12 volt converter/charger about the only thing plugged in is a air freshener) so a 200 amp load. not happening.
on the laptop supplies... I've used 12V supplies on laptops and they worked well.... HOWEVER it really messed up a radio if I connected it to the laptop. (no problem if it was not connected to the laptop, no problem if using a 120VAC brick for power) Oh the current Xantrex.. Still powers that radio. no longer in an RV but it still powers that radio.. (Bit of over kill but hey... I had it on hand)
