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rbts
Explorer
Apr 12, 2018

Doing an electrical system from scratch, need some help!

Hey everyone! I joined this forum specifically to ask this question and I hope someone here can help me figure it out. My wife and I purchased a used 2011 Forest River R-Pod with the intention of ...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Apr 12, 2018
rbts wrote:
I know DC is far more efficient, but my goal is to make everything as versatile and painless a system as possible.
Efficiency is a moot point when you're pumping 1200w into a toaster. 12v appliances like coffee makers are painfully slow because they don't draw the wattage needed to work as well as the 120v versions. If they did you'd have to hook them up with 4/0 cables.

You're good.

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