Generator vs Battery/Inverter/Solar
We have just purchased our first truck camper - a used 2007 Lance 845 and have a couple questions that I hope you can help us out with. The camper is still at the dealer and we're considering having a...
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rwiegand wrote:
I wonder if using a pair of step-up/step down transformers would be a better solution than having to run such massive wires? I'g guess that the stock wiring would be quite adequate if you stepped the voltage up to 48 V or so. I'm no electrical engineer, but that seems to be the general solution to voltage drop in power transmission.
Unfortunately, transformers don't work with DC electricity.
Even if it were an AC system, the transformers would be more expensive than cables for such a short run, and would introduce more points of failure in the system. When you're talking miles and miles, it makes sense, but for 20 feet, not so much.
