running refer on inverter full time

dave17352 wrote:
Okay so now I was curious is there any harm running my refer on my prowatt sw2000 full time when camping or traveling. I have a automatic switch but I notice if the compressor is running it still flinches when the switch over takes place. So what I was curious about is if I turn off the circuit that runs the refer and the entertainment center those circuits would be running full time on my inverter. When plugged into shore power or genny running the converter charger would still run keeping the batteries fully charged and supplying the power to actually run the inverter. So my question is when running inverter while converter is supplying power to the batteries do the batteries take a hit or does it do no harm because the converter is supplying the power.

So more simply, any harm running the refer and entertainment center on the inverter full time. Will this cause any degradation of the batteries unnecessarily? I have a 60 amp 9200 series P/D converter charger.
Thanks

There is some loss going from AC to DC to AC. So you may burn say 20% more genset fuel doing it that way, and the batteries will charge more slowly, so you'll have to run the genset longer yet.

I do it for my TV and Blu-Ray player, but that is only a 150W inverter, and I don't use a genset.

Jim