How much capacity does the TV plug have?

I am not a big fan of using the cigarette light type 12VDC sockets. The 12VDC socket you are using is really for the OTA antenna setup and if you end up melting down things there the OTA antenna preamp will not function anymore...

What alot of folks do is get a larger PURE SINE WAVE Inverter from 300WATT to 600WATTS and connect this Inverter directly to your battery terminals. Haven't looked up what trailer you are running but the pass thru storage area is usually next to the front wall of the trailer and this is an excellent spot to mount the PSW INVERTER. I use a 600WATT PSW Inverter in my setup.

I run two extension cords from the Inverter with one going to the home entertainment area and the other going back to the bedroom night stand area. This gives me multiple 120VAC receptacle ports to run all kinds of low wattage 120VAC items like the HDTV, CD Player, all of my cell phone and computer chargers, and alot of other most often used 120VAC appliances when I am camping off the power grid. My Inverter is remote controlled but I leave it on all the time when I am camping.

I made up this floorplan of a typical TT Trailer showing where the PSW INVERTER could be mounted... This might fit your always ON 120VAC service requirements just fine...


Roy Ken

Why not just put the inverter next to the fuse box, and put the entire trailer on it? My Jayco 24fbs layout is nearly identical to this, and fuse box is under the fridge.

Overall, though. I have everything but the phone that can work off 12v, going back to 110v, so i could go back to 12v seems like a waste.

Every time I read this topic I scratch my head on implementation. I have a 1000 watt Xantrex PSW inverter, that lacks a remote on/off switch. To install it, I think I would need no 4 or 6 wire right to the battery, or a battery cutout switch, for both negative and positive. There should also be a fuse mounted as near the battery as possible. The present wire from the battery for the trailer is no where near this large. No problem, except where do people mount this fuse, and can you get a weatherproof one. Or do people mount it in a weatherproof box.

The Xantrex has what I consider a bit of a dumb design. The dc connects to two terminals with a barrier between them. But the terminals are bare bolts about an inch apart and one could easily contact both at the same time. I have thought of making a cover for the terminals, but the fan is close to them.

The ideal location would be the pass through, but it would be a nuisance to turn on and off as required. I also worry about heat build up. Possibly a closet would work, but getting the wires in and out would be difficult.

So unless I can figure these things out, the Xantrex will likely have to go.

Anyone found an inverter that lends to easy, saf the installation; probably with remote on/off?

Sea'scape wrote:
Every time I read this topic I scratch my head on implementation. I have a 1000 watt Xantrex PSW inverter, that lacks a remote on/off switch. To install it, I think I would need no 4 or 6 wire right to the battery, or a battery cutout switch, for both negative and positive. There should also be a fuse mounted as near the battery as possible. The present wire from the battery for the trailer is no where near this large. No problem, except where do people mount this fuse, and can you get a weatherproof one. Or do people mount it in a weatherproof box.

The Xantrex has what I consider a bit of a dumb design. The dc connects to two terminals with a barrier between them. But the terminals are bare bolts about an inch apart and one could easily contact both at the same time. I have thought of making a cover for the terminals, but the fan is close to them.

The ideal location would be the pass through, but it would be a nuisance to turn on and off as required. I also worry about heat build up. Possibly a closet would work, but getting the wires in and out would be difficult.

So unless I can figure these things out, the Xantrex will likely have to go.

Anyone found an inverter that lends to easy, saf the installation; probably with remote on/off?

If I was using a large inverter I would use a 12V continuous duty solenoid. I would fuse and put solenoid near the battery. Run #14 wire to my switch inside that controlled the solenoid. Amazon sells the solenoids for about $20. You could connect #2 wire to the solenoid. I would mount the inverter near the 110v source of power for the RV.

the typical cig style 12v plug is rated for 7~8 amps thats less than 100watts total power

Generally you start to worry as current approaches 2 digits (10 amps)