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RoyB
Nov 21, 2015Explorer II
Doing this MALE to MALE plug from the INVERTER to the WALL RECEPTACLE will also back-feed the 120VAC Power Distribution Panel to the shore power plug which will be hanging there with HOT prongs on it as well...
It usually is the innocent animal or small child that gets zapped...
We camp off the power grid all the time in our OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer and use the POWER INVERTER to run several items in our trailer. My inverter started out small but after finding out how neat it was to have 120VAC available I ended up with a 600WATT AIMS PSW Inverter ($249 AMAZON).
This Inverter is permanently mounted close to the main battery bank switch on the 12VDC side and has two 120VAC receptacles on it. I run two multi-tap extension cords from here with one cord going to the home entertainment location and the other cord going to the bedroom nite table for more of the 120AC items we like to use. The two multi-tap extension cords are installed on the back of the cabinets with all of the wiring out of sight.
This INVERTER is always 'ON' even when we are at Electric sites. Being PURE SINE WAVE we don't ever have to worry about what gets plugged into it and going up in BLUE SMOKE.
Surely you being a senior member are aware of the problems of having a potential safety hazard using a double male 120VAC extension cord arrangement... This is a dumb idea...
Roy Ken
It usually is the innocent animal or small child that gets zapped...
We camp off the power grid all the time in our OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer and use the POWER INVERTER to run several items in our trailer. My inverter started out small but after finding out how neat it was to have 120VAC available I ended up with a 600WATT AIMS PSW Inverter ($249 AMAZON).
This Inverter is permanently mounted close to the main battery bank switch on the 12VDC side and has two 120VAC receptacles on it. I run two multi-tap extension cords from here with one cord going to the home entertainment location and the other cord going to the bedroom nite table for more of the 120AC items we like to use. The two multi-tap extension cords are installed on the back of the cabinets with all of the wiring out of sight.
This INVERTER is always 'ON' even when we are at Electric sites. Being PURE SINE WAVE we don't ever have to worry about what gets plugged into it and going up in BLUE SMOKE.
Surely you being a senior member are aware of the problems of having a potential safety hazard using a double male 120VAC extension cord arrangement... This is a dumb idea...
Roy Ken
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