Advice for inverter installation
I'm adding a 600 watt inverter and the plan is to put it in the pass thru storage compartment, which will be just behind the batteries on the trailer tongue. My first inclination was to run the cable...
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I've done exactly the same as you are planning, except with a 2000 watt inverter, which required 2/0 copper battery cables. I ran them through the floor, which on mine is a thin layer of plywood on both top and bottom glued to 2" rigid foam. I used minimal expansion urethane foam to seal, but honestly most TT holes don't even have a sealer in them. I haven't had a bit of trouble with mine.
I recently saw a neat idea which was to drill a bigger hole and use one of the "mouse hole" 30 amp cable fittings in the floor. I may add this so I can run my 30 amp cable up to my inverter plug- I was previously just leaving the hatch cracked and running an extension cord back to the power cable when using the inverter (after turning off the breaker to the power converter).
I recently saw a neat idea which was to drill a bigger hole and use one of the "mouse hole" 30 amp cable fittings in the floor. I may add this so I can run my 30 amp cable up to my inverter plug- I was previously just leaving the hatch cracked and running an extension cord back to the power cable when using the inverter (after turning off the breaker to the power converter).
