Truck Camper adding inverter
Would like to hear from people on there recent experience on adding an inverter. My goal. To power a 1350 watt microwave for 10 minutes at max power. I have two group 27 batteries and a 120 watt ...
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3000W is big overkill.
In the past, I had 1200W inverter on my boat (less issue with heat build-up) and it power not only 1000W microwave but also 1500W oven.
The oven would overheat the inverter after about 7 minutes, but most of the time it was all I needed. All power was coming from single battery + 30 amp alternator on boat engine.
Now in my Fleetwood I installed 2000W inverter. Placement in my case was easy, as Fleetwood has huge counter-top and lot of space left between WH and shelves.
I mount the inverter just inches under countertop and all it took was like 4 ft of cables to reach batteries box.
Remote switch on wall and dedicated outlet on top of countertop.
Now for oven, the original cable was going in this area with lot of slag, so I cut the cable and installed plug/receptacle on it.
Now when I am on shore power, the plug stays in original cable receptacle, when I am on battery power, the plug goes into inverter.
Inverters draw some power when not in use, so I have switchable breaker on inverter cable inside battery box.
In the past, I had 1200W inverter on my boat (less issue with heat build-up) and it power not only 1000W microwave but also 1500W oven.
The oven would overheat the inverter after about 7 minutes, but most of the time it was all I needed. All power was coming from single battery + 30 amp alternator on boat engine.
Now in my Fleetwood I installed 2000W inverter. Placement in my case was easy, as Fleetwood has huge counter-top and lot of space left between WH and shelves.
I mount the inverter just inches under countertop and all it took was like 4 ft of cables to reach batteries box.
Remote switch on wall and dedicated outlet on top of countertop.
Now for oven, the original cable was going in this area with lot of slag, so I cut the cable and installed plug/receptacle on it.
Now when I am on shore power, the plug stays in original cable receptacle, when I am on battery power, the plug goes into inverter.
Inverters draw some power when not in use, so I have switchable breaker on inverter cable inside battery box.
