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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2oldman wrote:Gdetrailer wrote:So I shouldn't break contact with the a/c running?
you also have a real danger posed by flash over when making or breaking the contacts..
I don't know if you are trying to be funny, if you are, you are not funny.
In reality, most breakers are not rated to be used as "switches", that is not the main reason they are there.. Using most breakers as a switch under load can shorten their life..
Breakers are there to prevent fire due to overloading to the wiring as their main reason, the manual switching action is just a "side benefit".
Breakers give up their "life" to prevent you from losing your life due to wiring fire.
Oh, sure you can do that, but overtime it will eventually lead to a failure of the breaker much quicker than it should have.
There are breakers designed for that type of service but your not going to find those in a RV by default.
