Inverter hookup
A couple of questions about installing an inverter. I'm looking to put one in my 2008 Pleasureway Excel, which didn't originally come with one wired into the 120V system (it did have a small 400W stan...
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Veebyes wrote:
BendOrLarry, be sure the waterheater is off too. Big power user. Maybe more than a 1000W inverter will handle. If it does it will kill your battery bank in a hurry.
Good job at isolating the inverter from shore power. In my boat I had a 1000W inverter feeding the genny input on the circuit breaker board. When using the genny I'd simply unplug the output at the inverter. On shore power I'd turn the genny circuit breaker off at the panel.
One night I forgot to turn the circuit breaker off. BOOOOM!!! One toasted inverter as it got backfed.
You are correct about the water heater, but I never have it on anything other than propane.
