Home solar panel on RV...anyone attempted?

lawrosa wrote:
Dont know why it wasnt posted, or maybe I missed it on my re-read... What batterys do you have?

Your 1000 watt inverter may be set for crazy alarm voltages. My krieger inverter is a 10 volt cut off with a 10.5 volt alarm.

You do realize when you runn a 1000 watt load from the inverter you are drawing 90 amps from the batterys?

Standby losses are about .5 amps.

Now you think a 3000 watt inverter will fix it? Nope. It will be worse. Technically if you tried to draw 3000 watts thats 250 amps... Ha ha ha.. LOL.

Let us know the batts you have.

Maybe its

1. you have 6 volts and they have higher resistance why the voltage drop.
2. The inverter has a high alarm value like 11.5 or something. ( post actual models.
3. You dont have enough battery and/or wire is so small you have too much voltage drop

What to do>

1. Make coffee in a stove top percolator.
2. Warm food the old fashioned way. Pots, pans, oven,
3. Forget the microwave. Buy jiffy pop. Warm coffee on the stove..

12v offers lower resistance possibly. I have not proven this yet. But I still use 12 volters.

Watch this video. Sorry I mumble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz2ttT8fFLc

And this draw test with toaster over..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p-oNT8YDIs&t=1351s

Thanks for the info. I currently have an old XPower by Xantrax 1000 inverter connected to two 6v golf cart batteries with 220ah. However, after further investigation I have figured out that my wire might be the culprit. I thought I had wired it with 2awg but, in reality it was 4awg wire. I plan to replace the old 1000watt inverter as the new one has a remote switch and it was really too good of a deal to pass up. I know it will drain the batteries faster but, other than the coffee maker we really use very little power on a regular basis.
In the 1st video I noticed your charge controller. By chance is This the controller you have? If so, how has it worked for you?