50 Amp Receptacle to Inverter
Hello all! Ok, so backstory is I'm doing research on installing a 3000w inverter in my travel trailer, and rather than go through a super complicated and expensive direct to panel wire install, I'm...
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avarusbrightfyre wrote:
Buying one battery at a time will also allow me to figure out how much capacity I need in reality rather than how I live right now. I use a lot of power when on the grid, but that's with the fridge and water heater on AC power, and my big gaming computer on several hours per day. Starting to live on one battery will let me know what I am willing to live without and increase the system size from there as desired.
You could always do a "direct measurement" to find out the capacity needs.
Plug the RV into a 15 amp outlet using a kill-a-watt meter set on watts.
shore power-->kill-a-watt-->rv.
Run everything as you would when boondocking for 3 days.
That would determine the size of battery bank needed in watt-hours.
