Not so much asking how here, but wondering about any repercussions. In my 2019 Winnie I have a 2KW pure sine inverter, with it's own subpanel. The subpanel powers all my outlets, except one! And this 15A circuit appears to only have the one outlet on it, I cannot find anything else on this circuit except the outlet near the dinette. And that is the issue. I really would like to have this particular outlet on the inverter. So, I moved this circuit from the main panel to the subpanel, I also had to move the neutral to a different bus. It appears to all work just fine, but I am wondering why Winnebago may have chosen to leave this circuit out of the subpanel in the first place. Or if there is any drawbacks in me moving it.

steved28 wrote:Not so much asking how here, but wondering about any repercussions. Or if there is any drawbacks in me moving it.IF....your inverter fails, you might have ZERO working outlets.And you will have no place to plug in a HIGH CURRENT device if you should want to (when on shore power or gen.)

No explaining the alleged "logic" of an RV maker when it comes to what outlets are on which panel.One thought is if you plug in electric cooking appliances you might set one on the Dinette table and overload the Inverter... but that is the ONLY danger I can imagine from what you did. I have one circuit (Bedroom) which I modified so I can transfer it from "Main" box to "Sub" (it parallels the GFCI so no danger of overload of inverter) by moving a plug from one outlet to another.

That plug could be used for say a ceramic heater which on the inverter would rapidly discharge the battery. Or perhaps the other plugs are on a GFCI.

You checked the outdoor outlet and the fridge? Tank heaters? Any basement outlets? I assume it is an inverter/charger so no converter.No harm to make the switch except if something is connected and it drains your battery. Worst case isolate that item or swap it back.Yes all three (hot, neutral, ground) should be moved to the subpanel.

You now run the risk of tripping the breakers on the inverter, a common problem in the winter when electric heaters are used on a circuit from the inverter sub-panel. Your inverter has a transfer switch which is protected by two circuit breakers hidden on it.

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Sam_Spade
Explorer
Feb 21, 2019
steved28 wrote:
Not so much asking how here, but wondering about any repercussions. Or if there is any drawbacks in me moving it.

IF....your inverter fails, you might have ZERO working outlets.
And you will have no place to plug in a HIGH CURRENT device if you should want to (when on shore power or gen.)
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Feb 21, 2019
No explaining the alleged "logic" of an RV maker when it comes to what outlets are on which panel.

One thought is if you plug in electric cooking appliances you might set one on the Dinette table and overload the Inverter... but that is the ONLY danger I can imagine from what you did.

I have one circuit (Bedroom) which I modified so I can transfer it from "Main" box to "Sub" (it parallels the GFCI so no danger of overload of inverter) by moving a plug from one outlet to another.
CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Feb 21, 2019
That plug could be used for say a ceramic heater which on the inverter would rapidly discharge the battery. Or perhaps the other plugs are on a GFCI.
time2roll
Nomad
Feb 21, 2019
You checked the outdoor outlet and the fridge? Tank heaters? Any basement outlets? I assume it is an inverter/charger so no converter.

No harm to make the switch except if something is connected and it drains your battery. Worst case isolate that item or swap it back.

Yes all three (hot, neutral, ground) should be moved to the subpanel.
Ivylog
Explorer III
Feb 21, 2019
You now run the risk of tripping the breakers on the inverter, a common problem in the winter when electric heaters are used on a circuit from the inverter sub-panel. Your inverter has a transfer switch which is protected by two circuit breakers hidden on it.
garym114
Explorer II
Feb 21, 2019
Ivylog wrote:
You now run the risk of tripping the breakers on the inverter, a common problem in the winter when electric heaters are used on a circuit from the inverter sub-panel. Your inverter has a transfer switch which is protected by two circuit breakers hidden on it.

To add to this, your inverter passes through shore power to the subpanel. On a 2000 watt inverter this is probably limited 30 amps even though you are connected to 50 amp shore power.
This outlet would let you run a heater without taxing this 30 amp limit.
rgatijnet1
Explorer III
Feb 21, 2019
When you say that you moved the neutral to a different buss, what did you mean?
In a residential structure, the neutral and the ground are usually tied together in the electrical panel. With an RV, the neutral and ground are kept separate in the electrical panel.
Dale_Traveling
Explorer II
Feb 21, 2019
Looking at the diagrams for 110VAC distribution there are no notes regarding the one circuit that is not supported by the inverter. There is a second outlet on the circuit at the bedroom desk. The one GFI circuit that starts at the galley outlet and feeds five additional outlets in potentially wet locations.

If as part of the circuit move to the sub panel you now have two circuit feeds on a single breaker a better setup would be to replace one of the full width breakers with a double. Two feeds from a single breaker is best avoided.

2019 Winnebago Sunstar LX 35F 110VAC Distribution PDF
steved28
Explorer
Feb 21, 2019
rgatijnet1 wrote:
When you say that you moved the neutral to a different buss, what did you mean?
In a residential structure, the neutral and the ground are usually tied together in the electrical panel. With an RV, the neutral and ground are kept separate in the electrical panel.

I was surprised to see this also, there is a common bus for the ground (both main and subpanel) but separate buses for the neutral. And sure enough, if I left the neutral on the main bus, it did not work.
steved28
Explorer
Feb 21, 2019
Dale.Traveling wrote:

If as part of the circuit move to the sub panel you now have two circuit feeds on a single breaker a better setup would be to replace one of the full width breakers with a double. Two feeds from a single breaker is best avoided.

2019 Winnebago Sunstar LX 35F 110VAC Distribution PDF

No, I moved a tandem breaker from the main to the sub. It still has a seperate 15A breaker.