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profdant139 wrote:
It never occurred to me to mount the inverter near the battery, but I think I could do that.
=> Yes, you should.
Please forgive the simplistic questions, but does that mean that I could attach leads to the battery and then come right through the front wall of the trailer to the inverter? I would seal the holes in the trailer -- the batteries are on the tongue, inside plastic battery boxes.
=> Yes, it does. Just be sure to put a down loop in the cable so that they don't conduct water into the wall laminate.
I would then mount the inverter on the inside of the front wall and run a 120v cord from that point, using surface wire mold.
=> That is the plan.
This solution, if it works, avoids the issue of hooking the inverter to my converter.
=> And lots of others as well.
This sounds too easy -- I think I am missing something.
=> No, you are not missing anything important.
=> Yes, it is this easy. You can make it a lot more difficult if you chose to, but this method is clean simple and straight forward. Put the inverter some place that it has air too cool it and you can see the indicators (it probably will have).
** I did forget to mention a fuse or breaker that should always be included where you come off primary power.
** If you are going to run a laptop and a printer (I do), for the cost, you can try a cheapo modified square (I refuse to call it sine) wave inverter. If it does alright, you just saved a bunch. If something complains about the poor AC, you can probably sell off the MSW inverter for a good portion of the original price.
Matt
