Anyone install an 30 amp receptacle outside for inverter?

[Bigfoot2005]

Hi guys

I am thinking of installing an inverter inside the front cargo hold and running a wire to the outside to a 30 amp receptacle so that I can plug my trailer plug into it when I want to use the inverter for power.

Has anyone done this? If so, can you share some pics and how you did it?

Thanks

[SoundGuy]

Bigfoot2005 wrote:
This is exactly what I am looking to do. Do you have any other pics on the install?

Here's a series of pics of my inverter installation. Click on "i" at the top right of any pic for a text description.

[Sam_Spade]

I STILL don't understand....at all.

If you have an appropriate "shore power" outlet installed at your home, you would just plug it in like at any campground and all the outlets will work......just like they do at the campground.

All of this messing with an inverter is NOT required.
Or.....maybe I should ask why you think it IS required ??

[2oldman]

What do you do when the battery(ies) need charging?

[Bigfoot2005]

SoundGuy wrote:

Bigfoot2005 wrote:
I guess it is as simple as drilling a hole in the compartment to the outside and running wires to the 30 amp receptacle and mounting the receptacle on the A frame but was looking for a bit cleaner look if someone has done something like this already.

I installed a 1000 watt PSW inverter in the trailer's front pass through cargo compartment and ran a cable from one of the 120 vac outlets down through the trailer floor to the outside world and terminated the cable with a female Leviton WetGuard connector. It was used mostly for the convenience of plugging in a fan, etc but if I connected a dogbone to the trailer's main service cable I could power the entire trailer with the inverter, I just had to remember to shut off the converter in order to avoid a closed loop.

This is exactly what I am looking to do. Do you have any other pics on the install?

[SoundGuy]

Bigfoot2005 wrote:
I guess it is as simple as drilling a hole in the compartment to the outside and running wires to the 30 amp receptacle and mounting the receptacle on the A frame but was looking for a bit cleaner look if someone has done something like this already.

I installed a 1000 watt PSW inverter in the trailer's front pass through cargo compartment and ran a cable from one of the 120 vac outlets down through the trailer floor to the outside world and terminated the cable with a female Leviton WetGuard connector. It was used mostly for the convenience of plugging in a fan, etc but if I connected a dogbone to the trailer's main service cable I could power the entire trailer with the inverter, I just had to remember to shut off the converter in order to avoid a closed loop.

[Bigfoot2005]

CA Traveler wrote:
There are a variety of cord covers that you can install in the floor and then route the 30A plug inside the compartment for the inverter.

Sounds like a 20A plug would also supply adequate power.

Does the receptacle not need to be a 30 amp for the trailer plug to fit?

[CA_Traveler]

There are a variety of cord covers that you can install in the floor and then route the 30A plug inside the compartment for the inverter.

Sounds like a 20A plug would also supply adequate power.

[pianotuna]

Hi,

I'm in a class C.

I mounted the inverter behind the driver's seat. That kept it within four feet of the battery bank.

I fished wire back to the shore power cord "hatch" inside the RV.

I placed a 30 amp receptacle inside the hatch.

This way nothing is left outside to get wet, or to grow wings.

I shortened the shore power cord to 4 feet, put on a male plug, and added a female plug to the left over shore power cord.

I fished a dedicated inverter outlet in the kitchen area so that I can have extra power in the kitchen--and that can be used at all times, without "powering up" the rest of the RV.

I prefer manual systems, so I set the fridge to propane and leave the OEM converter unplugged on the 120 volt input side.

The unit I installed is an inverter/charger and has pass through capabilities.

Bigfoot2005 wrote:
Hi guys

I am thinking of installing an inverter inside the front cargo hold and running a wire to the outside to a 30 amp receptacle so that I can plug my trailer plug into it when I want to use the inverter for power.

Has anyone done this? If so, can you share some pics and how you did it?

Thanks

[Bigfoot2005]

What i am doing now is turning off my converter inside the RV so the battery charger is off and plugging the trailer into my small inverter which is sitting outside all the time. Plugging the trailer into the inverter this way lets me use every plug in the trailer when I need to.

What I am trying to avoid is having my new inverter sit outside all the time. Would like to install it inside the front compartment.

I guess it is as simple as drilling a hole in the compartment to the outside and running wires to the 30 amp receptacle and mounting the receptacle on the A frame but was looking for a bit cleaner look if someone has done something like this already.

[azrving]

Not following you completely. The inverter turns 12 volts into 120 v AC. You can install a transfer switch that would let the inverter send power to certain plugs in the RV. When you plug into shore power the transfer switch let's shore power go to those plugs.

If you install an inverter to your battery and then use your oem shore power cord your CONverter will be sending power to the batteries as the inverter is pulling off of the batteries.