Electric Mattress Pad - Electricity Help
We plan to do some cool weather camping this winter and went out and bought an electric mattress pad, but didn't think about electricity limitations. Now keep in mind and the reason I am posting, elec...
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Your Starcraft 14RT converter only puts out 13.6VDC not 120VAC...
The converter is there to use when you are connected to SHORE POWER and this will provide 12VDC to operate all of the 12VDC appliances etc. It also charges up your battery. You will want to replace your current single mode converter with a smart mode converter.
To get 120VAC when not connected to SHORE POWER you will need to install an INVERTER...
This is my 14RT floorplan showing where all of my extra items are installed...
If you are going to be camping alot off the power grid you will have to alot of changes to your 14RT to be successful about running things off your battery. My camping off the power grid concept is having enough battery capacity to run 120VAC Items from a INVERTER and all of the 12VDC items we want to have on direct connected to the battery bank. Then we will recharge the batteries at 8AM the next morning by connecting the shore power cable directly to my 2KW Honda Generator and with smart mode charging technology I can recharge my battery back to its 90% charge state in as little as three hours of generator run time.
My current battery bank is three 85AH Interstate batteries in parallel but am planning on doing what you see in the above diagram with two additional 150AH batteries in the bed of my truck.
It will take some planning on your part to be successful camping off the power grid for extended times...
goto to google search and type in 'K9PHT 14RT' and when it loads up select 'IMAGES' to see many pages of a bunch of my photos including the 2008 Starcraft 14RT... 90% of the photos you find here are mine...
Here is another helpful chart showing a typical 30AMP Elwectrical system that may help you determine how things work in your 14RT trailer.
Enjoy your 14RT Off-Road POPUP Trailer...
Roy Ken
The converter is there to use when you are connected to SHORE POWER and this will provide 12VDC to operate all of the 12VDC appliances etc. It also charges up your battery. You will want to replace your current single mode converter with a smart mode converter.
To get 120VAC when not connected to SHORE POWER you will need to install an INVERTER...
This is my 14RT floorplan showing where all of my extra items are installed...
If you are going to be camping alot off the power grid you will have to alot of changes to your 14RT to be successful about running things off your battery. My camping off the power grid concept is having enough battery capacity to run 120VAC Items from a INVERTER and all of the 12VDC items we want to have on direct connected to the battery bank. Then we will recharge the batteries at 8AM the next morning by connecting the shore power cable directly to my 2KW Honda Generator and with smart mode charging technology I can recharge my battery back to its 90% charge state in as little as three hours of generator run time.
My current battery bank is three 85AH Interstate batteries in parallel but am planning on doing what you see in the above diagram with two additional 150AH batteries in the bed of my truck.
It will take some planning on your part to be successful camping off the power grid for extended times...
goto to google search and type in 'K9PHT 14RT' and when it loads up select 'IMAGES' to see many pages of a bunch of my photos including the 2008 Starcraft 14RT... 90% of the photos you find here are mine...
Here is another helpful chart showing a typical 30AMP Elwectrical system that may help you determine how things work in your 14RT trailer.
Enjoy your 14RT Off-Road POPUP Trailer...
Roy Ken
