Adding Inverter for dry camping
I would like to add an additional battery (have one group 27 now), possibly a solar charging system and an inverter. I hate that the 120V outlets don't work on battery power. Seems crazy you can't...
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I not only "get" what and why you are trying to do... I have done it.
My original reason for doing it was different though.
I had installed a winegard satellite dish, that raised up and locked onto the sattelites with a push of a button... Really slick, as I can have HD TV about as fast as I can grab a beer.
Reading the instructions, there was an option to have it stow automatically, preventing me from forgetting and driving off with it up. But it needed full time AC power to make it work.
So I decided on a 600 watt model, so I could run a few other things. I have two dog collars and two remotes, a laptop, and a drill and two phones needing to be kept charged.
There are transfer switches that are made justfor this purpose. They turn off the power to the converter when the inverter is on. And turn it back on when the generator is on.
IIRC, I used one made by Go Power.
I installed it behind the WFCO panel, so I can't go look at it very easy. But there are others that do the same thing.
The inverter needs to be mounetd as close to the batteries as possible due to the thick battery cables it needs. The run the AC power from it to the transfer switch.
It is super convienient to have all outlets powered at all times.
From know on, it is a must have in all of my future TTs.
My original reason for doing it was different though.
I had installed a winegard satellite dish, that raised up and locked onto the sattelites with a push of a button... Really slick, as I can have HD TV about as fast as I can grab a beer.
Reading the instructions, there was an option to have it stow automatically, preventing me from forgetting and driving off with it up. But it needed full time AC power to make it work.
So I decided on a 600 watt model, so I could run a few other things. I have two dog collars and two remotes, a laptop, and a drill and two phones needing to be kept charged.
There are transfer switches that are made justfor this purpose. They turn off the power to the converter when the inverter is on. And turn it back on when the generator is on.
IIRC, I used one made by Go Power.
I installed it behind the WFCO panel, so I can't go look at it very easy. But there are others that do the same thing.
The inverter needs to be mounetd as close to the batteries as possible due to the thick battery cables it needs. The run the AC power from it to the transfer switch.
It is super convienient to have all outlets powered at all times.
From know on, it is a must have in all of my future TTs.
