Whats Zapping my inverter
I’ve got s small 300W PSW I run off of my shore power cord. I know before using I shut off the converter breaker, put fridge to gas, and make sure nothing high wattage is plugged into an outlet. ...
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naturist,
From the Op's first post:
"I’ve got s small 300W PSW I run off of my shore power cord. I know before using I shut off the converter breaker, put fridge to gas, and make sure nothing high wattage is plugged into an outlet.
Despite checking off all three of these I ocassionally blow fuses when I go to plug it in. What am I missing?"
From the Op's first post:
"I’ve got s small 300W PSW I run off of my shore power cord. I know before using I shut off the converter breaker, put fridge to gas, and make sure nothing high wattage is plugged into an outlet.
Despite checking off all three of these I ocassionally blow fuses when I go to plug it in. What am I missing?"
naturist wrote:
Um, wait a minute, when you plug your shore power cord into the 300 watt inverter, you are also plugging in your RV's converter, which, if it thinks your house battery needs charging, will attempt to do so. Most RV converters draw something like 600 watts or more in the beginning stages of charging a battery, which would overload and shut down a 300 watt inverter. If your house battery were fully charged, this would not happen, but if it is down a bit, it would, accounting for the intermittant nature of the problem.
