Power inverter Shut off
Hoping someone can help me out here.I have a small inverter (400w)in my trailer that we basically use for the kids to watch some tv at bed time since the campground we are usually in doesn't allow a g...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
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#5 crack open the inverter and wire in a remote switch using the internal wiring from the built in switch...
This is what I did, piece of cake.
My thread about it.
Video about how to install a wireless one. This is how I did it, but I used a normal 12V switch instead of a powered wireless remote switch.
I basically did exactly as the video posted earlier in this thread for adding a wireless switch showed, but I used a regular wired connection to a standard rocker switch. I opened up both my inverters and connected wires from back of the existing on/off switches and ran that wire out of holes in the inverter housings. I cut those wires a few inches after they exited the inverters and spliced in a quick connector. I did this so that I could disconnect this wiring if the inverters need to come out of the trailer, and so I could hook a single remote switch up to either inverter. I originally thought I would wire up a switch for each inverter but decided that didn't make much sense since I can only plug the shore power cable into one inverter at a time anyway so there isn't a need to be able to operate them each independently. The remote switch is installed on the trailer interior and wired to the inverter location with the other side of the wiring quick connector at its end. I wired up the ground wire of the remote switch so that its LED comes on when it is activated. So each inverter can be controlled by either its original switch or the remote switch when it is connected to it. I'm proud, I think this is a pretty slick mod and will allow me to easily switch my inverter off from inside.
