Amp Question, Watts, Electrical system.
1) When plugged in, does ANYTHNG run purely off battery power still or only electric converted to 12 volt. Wondering after reading if I am overcharging my batteries by not using them for anything. ...
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The batteries normally would be out of the system except for charging when connected to shore power. Systems like slides and jacks are connected straight to the batteries due to the heavy loads by many. Operating them would pull battery down as the converter is not normally large enough to operate them.
Honda gensets have a surge rating of 2000 watts but continuous duty is only 1600 watts each. Calculations should be done using 120 volts.
No your loading could burn up your gensets or at least the circuit breaker on the gensets should trip. Many heaters are rated near 1500 watts each. Running two along with other devices can overload the circuit. You need to read the wattage or amps of each device total them up. This should be only about 80% of the connected load.
You must remember that the converter is drawing power all the time to charge batteries and run 12 volt systems. The 120 volt is also using parasitic type loads like microwave clocks.
Honda gensets have a surge rating of 2000 watts but continuous duty is only 1600 watts each. Calculations should be done using 120 volts.
No your loading could burn up your gensets or at least the circuit breaker on the gensets should trip. Many heaters are rated near 1500 watts each. Running two along with other devices can overload the circuit. You need to read the wattage or amps of each device total them up. This should be only about 80% of the connected load.
You must remember that the converter is drawing power all the time to charge batteries and run 12 volt systems. The 120 volt is also using parasitic type loads like microwave clocks.
