Wire Inverter to split receptacle?
I recently installed an inverter to run a coffee maker, so far i've been just using an extension cord but that's a bit cumbersome. I don't really want to cut a hole to install a dedicated plug so I...
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I don't know offhand if the quick connect boxless outlets used in RVs allow the two sides to be separated easily. You may need to install a box and a standard household outlet.
I would sincerely hope that no inverter would misbehave if its ground connection were tied to the chassis of the vehicle. If nothing else, using a grounded device with a metal chassis that is sitting on some metal part of the vehicle would make that connection naturally. Neutral and ground in the RV are not bonded together at the RV panel (but they are bonded together when the RV is plugged into a campground power connection--at the campground box--or when running a built-in generator, at the generator). Regardless, it doesn't matter so log as your neutral from the inverter is not connected to the neutral on the other half of the outlet.
The electric code probably requires some sort of labeling or something to have two separate power sources in the same box. The general base requirement is that a box only have a single circuit feeding it (that is to say, that it's rendered completely dead by turning off a single branch circuit breaker). I've seen and corrected violations of this in my own house where previous owners apparently did some work and took some shortcuts in the process.
I would sincerely hope that no inverter would misbehave if its ground connection were tied to the chassis of the vehicle. If nothing else, using a grounded device with a metal chassis that is sitting on some metal part of the vehicle would make that connection naturally. Neutral and ground in the RV are not bonded together at the RV panel (but they are bonded together when the RV is plugged into a campground power connection--at the campground box--or when running a built-in generator, at the generator). Regardless, it doesn't matter so log as your neutral from the inverter is not connected to the neutral on the other half of the outlet.
The electric code probably requires some sort of labeling or something to have two separate power sources in the same box. The general base requirement is that a box only have a single circuit feeding it (that is to say, that it's rendered completely dead by turning off a single branch circuit breaker). I've seen and corrected violations of this in my own house where previous owners apparently did some work and took some shortcuts in the process.
