Powering Your Camper With An Inverter?
We are going dry camping next week and were interested in using an inverter. Sure, we've used a small inverter inside the camper using the 12V outlets to power things like a TV, a laptop, a CPAP, etc...
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Thanks for the help everyone.
I finally got a chance to test it yesterday. I crimped the wires and then attached them to the battery. I then used the ground wire in an old piece of romex and ran from the inverter ground to the bolts holding my safety chains. I then went in the camper to shut off all the breakers and then plugged the camper plug into the inverter.
I then went in the camper to turn the breakers on but still nothing. Turns out I had to reset the GFI on the inverter and then after that I had power at all the outlets in the camper. Pretty sweet.
Now, it's my understanding that the converter should be turned off when using the inverter. I turned that breaker off but then I lost electric in the camper. My label on my panel says converter/utility and that's the one I switched off.
Any ideas?
I finally got a chance to test it yesterday. I crimped the wires and then attached them to the battery. I then used the ground wire in an old piece of romex and ran from the inverter ground to the bolts holding my safety chains. I then went in the camper to shut off all the breakers and then plugged the camper plug into the inverter.
I then went in the camper to turn the breakers on but still nothing. Turns out I had to reset the GFI on the inverter and then after that I had power at all the outlets in the camper. Pretty sweet.
Now, it's my understanding that the converter should be turned off when using the inverter. I turned that breaker off but then I lost electric in the camper. My label on my panel says converter/utility and that's the one I switched off.
Any ideas?
