Almot wrote:
I'm not using 110V devices other than electric shaver and charging small tools or laptop. 175 watt MSW inverter on the night table, DC wires passed through the crack into the trailer basement to battery. This $20 gizmo has only one 110V receptacle, creating a mess of extension cords.
What if I make a male-male AC pigtail and plug the inverter output into the AC receptacle nearby on the wall? 1.5A max @110V. There is no shore power of any kind and no generator.
I agree with everyone else, using a suicide cable is ........ well, suicide. :S
You can easily use your inverter to feed the trailer "whole house" by simply plugging the main service cable into the inverter, just as
I did (7 pics) but there is a downside - you gotta remember to first turn off the converter so you don't create a closed loop to the battery AND make sure the fridge is forced to run on the gas mode and (for those who may have a water heater with a 120 vac electric heating element) make sure the heating element is off.
Since you seem to be interested in a clean installation another option would be to install the inverter somewhere near the battery (the front pass through being an ideal location for many) and simply wire the inverter output to a couple of conveniently located 120 vac duplex receptacles, which for many would be on either side of the bed.
I've been running my own system "whole house" but since I only use mine for back up when campsite shore power fails I've found it to be a PITA to have to first go outside and move the main service cable from the campsite power source to the inverter, then go back inside and remember to go through all the other necessary steps before turning on the inverter. However, for those (perhaps yourself) who may never use shore power wiring an inverter to run "whole house" would be the easiest solution to what you want to do.
