Bypassing the converter
Hi all.... I am wondering if anyone can help me with something I have been experimenting with ? I have been setting up at our camp trailer its a 29' Heartland trailrunner, with solar panels and 6 volt...
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Caveman Charlie wrote:Unyalli wrote:dannytas wrote:
This is very interesting. All my lights are 12v. If I plug my trailer into the inverter and turn off the converter, will my lights just draw power from the batteries? Have I got it or am I lost?
Your 12 volt stuff draws from the batteries directly no matter what. If you provide your batteries with 12 volt power via your converter or a solar charger they won't draw down is all.
No, Unyalli I don't think you got that quite right. When plugged in to 120 volts and the "Converter" turned on it converts 120 volt power to 12 volt to run the 12 volt stuff. THen, It also has a battery charger built in that recharges the batteries.
So, your 12 volt stuff is not drawing from the 12 volt batteries no matter what like you said.
You are of course correct but you missed what I was trying to help Danny understand. I know the converter is filling the batteries simply because it raises the voltage higher than battery voltage.
