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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If you will put the inverter up front near the batts, then you can do the same with an inverter/charger. Or you can have a separate inverter and a deck mount converter beside each other up front (sharing their wires to/from battery can be done with that too). No need to yank the existing converter in back. (unless you want to move it up front as the "deck mount"--but then it needs a cover for its innards. Can be done.) It can come in handy as a spare where is.
You don't need to fuss about long 12v wiring so much if the inverter is only 300w or if bigger, if it will only ever carry small wattage loads. That is what smk is trying to say.
The idea to make the set-up "seamless" with a transfer switch is fine, but nothing can be more "elegant" than just plugging the shore power cord in to one of three places manually. (inverter/pedestal/generator) No worries about ever getting 240v and no complicated transfer switch wiring. It is not an awful lot of work to unplug from one place and into another and is not done very often anyway at any one site.
You can also go under the rig with wiring instead of trying to go through inside past doors etc. Just use some drain pipe or garden hose as conduit and strap it up under there.
You don't have to drive yourself crazy with extra work. :)
You don't need to fuss about long 12v wiring so much if the inverter is only 300w or if bigger, if it will only ever carry small wattage loads. That is what smk is trying to say.
The idea to make the set-up "seamless" with a transfer switch is fine, but nothing can be more "elegant" than just plugging the shore power cord in to one of three places manually. (inverter/pedestal/generator) No worries about ever getting 240v and no complicated transfer switch wiring. It is not an awful lot of work to unplug from one place and into another and is not done very often anyway at any one site.
You can also go under the rig with wiring instead of trying to go through inside past doors etc. Just use some drain pipe or garden hose as conduit and strap it up under there.
You don't have to drive yourself crazy with extra work. :)
