Does anyone know of a power converter that includes an inverter. I can't find any but it would seam logical that someone makes a 2 in 1 device like that.

Don't know what you mean by a "power converter" - but our Magnum MS-series inverter/charger includes a battery charging system that converts AC from the generator or shore power to the proper DC charging voltages.al

I believe a converter changes 120 v to 12 v and an inverter changes 12 v to 120v.So the op wants to be able to run anything in his RV regardless of power source available.

A "converter" is typically a DC power source that charges the batteries, supplies DC power to the house loads and has a built in DC power distribution center, with fuses and connection points for the DC loads. Usually it also has the AC main breaker and the AC load breakers for the 120 VAC circuits. While an inverter often has the battery charger and can supply DC for the house loads while plugged in and charging, it really never has the rest of what a converter has, it needs to have a DC distribution fuse block built separately, and the AC breaker box also separate. So no, I am unaware of any single unit that encompasses all of those functions.A lot of converters are biased towards supplying a constant voltage supply to the house loads, I have one that always supplies 13.6 volts for example. That means that it is not as good a battery charger as one that does a higher voltage bulk and absorption charge cycle. An inverter with a charger, particularly the higher end ones, will have a three or four stage charger that delivers the varying voltage charge that is better for batteries, but can cause issues for some DC loads that expect a constant 13 - 14 volts all the time.Brian

Ahh thanks but I think we missed to mark. I know what a converter is and how it works. Also chargers and inverters. What I asked is if there is a converter/charger that also includes an inverter. Why? Simply because of convenience. The converter/charger already has a large guage wire direct to the battery's. And would also have the 120vac circuits for the inverter to supply power to the existing outlets.I created a set up like this on my last RV with an aftermarket inverter but had to use toggle switches to switch the 120vac circuits between shore and inverter power to avoid the two colliding and possibly frying the inverter. So, is there a converter/charger that has a built in inverter? It would be much more efficient and simpler to have one built in to the converter/charger then installing and integrating a 3rd party.

Hi,An inverter/charger will work to do what you wish if it is wired correctly. I'd recommend a hybrid such as Victron or Magnum.

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Cstoliker
Explorer
Feb 21, 2015
I saw a few. It looks like instead of switching you run on inverter all the time weather on battery or converter. Don't know how your supposed to run the AC like that.
Others have only 10amp chargers.
Decent ones are almost $1,000.00

I guess adding a 3rd party inverter is the way to go. I'll just do the same I did on the last one.

Thanks all.
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Feb 21, 2015
Look in a mirror.. (Reverse converter and inverter)

There are dozens of IN-Line inverter/converters out there (called Inverter/charger) nearly all the bigger inverters work this way,, Most anythin in the 1500 watt plus range.. Mine is a Xantrex Prosine 2.0 (no longer made) but there are many many many others.
Veebyes
Explorer II
Feb 20, 2015
The converter chargers that most RVs are supplied with are miserable little things. Like a few other responders I have a pure sine wave Magnum 2kw inverter charger.

All 12V needs will be taken from the battery bank. The 3 stage inverter charger recharges the battery bank as needed. There are various ways to supply the 110VAC side to the 'house'. I wired mine to the main panel which supplys everything.

The down side of that arrangement is that somebody has to remember to leave the water heater & fridge on propane when drycamping otherwise the battery bank will be dead in no time.
Ed_Gee
Explorer II
Feb 20, 2015
Here's another good unit common in some new RVs:

http://www.tripplite.com/rv-power-inverter-charger-750w-automatic-transfer-switching-hardwire~RV750ULHW/
RoyB
Explorer II
Feb 20, 2015
There are a few of these unit out there. They are expensive however..

This is a block diagram of the Magnum ME2012-20B 2000W 12V Inverter 100A DC Charger

The way this works is when connected to shore power or Generator the MAGNUM ME2012-20B passes the 120VAC to your EMERGENCY 120VAC SUB=PANEL and also charges your connected battery bank.

When the SHORE POWER or Generator is off line then the MAGUNM ME-2012-20B auto switches and has a built-in SINE WAVE INVERTER to feed your EMERGENCY 120VAC POWER SUB-PANEL using your connected large 12VDC BATTERY BANK as power source.

Is this what you are looking for...

GOTO the MAGNUM site and read up on their different product models on this.

hope this helps some - I don't have one of these setups but have looked into them. When things cost in the thousands of dollars I usually quit my pipe dreaming.

You can do the same thing here with individual items - The MAGNUM is nice having all of that built-in a single box with a nice monitor panel.

Roy ken
time2roll
Nomad
Feb 20, 2015
As said it is an inverter/charger and will work exactly as described. Many RVs come OEM with inverter/charger set up. However they tend to be larger in the range of 2000+ watts inverter and 80+ amps charging and need four+ batteries to operate properly.

But honestly I prefer separate components and recommend a small separate inverter and separate transfer switch. Easy to wire in to the existing outlets if you have done any home wiring before.

GoPower 300w sine wave $171

15a transfer switch $50
Ivylog
Explorer III
Feb 20, 2015
Even if you could find a 600-800W inverter/charger, it will not have enough 12V charging amps for what you want to do. Buy a small pure sine wave inverter and put it on a A-B switch for the outlet you want to power when off shore/generator power.
pianotuna
Nomad III
Feb 20, 2015
Hi,

Add up the wattage of all the devices that will be on at the same time. Purchase an inverter/charger that is 125% of that number for continuous demand.

I prefer stand alone converters and inverters rather than inverter/chargers. If you must go the inverter/charger route try to make sure the charger part is not over 125 amps. That way it will still run on 15 amp shore power.

Here is a place to look--and the owner is an RV'er.

inverter/chargers

Cstoliker wrote:
I only run TV, laptops exc...but like the covenance of having the inverter power supplyed though existing outlets. 600 would be more then enough.

Thanks Chris. The name of the device is what I needed.
DennisVR
Explorer
Feb 20, 2015
I have the Xantrex Freedom 1800 which is a 1800 watt inverter/40 amp charger and automatic switch for the last 4 years and has been doing great.
dan-nickie
Explorer
Feb 20, 2015
Here are a couple links

http://magnumenergy.com/

http://www.xantrex.com/